bird ident?
Feb 28, 2020 12:24:13 #
scallihan
Loc: Tigard, OR
ORpilot wrote:
Thanks all you birders. We have several varieties of raptors and some are real hard to figure out like the Coppers Hawk vs Sharp Shinned hawk.
Often the shape of the tail is a tip-off. The red tail has a more scalloped edge than either coopers (rounded) or sharp shinned (more squared off).
Feb 28, 2020 12:37:48 #
Feb 28, 2020 12:57:15 #
Feb 28, 2020 12:59:24 #
ORpilot wrote:
Hi birders. What bird is this? He/she stopped eating the mouse long enough for me to shoot this today.
Great shot.
Feb 28, 2020 13:10:54 #
wdross
Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado
nimbushopper wrote:
Definitely not a buzzard, some kind of hawk!
You are thinking vulture. Vultures are a part of the buzzard family like the Redtail and some other hawks. The Redtail Hawk is actually a buzzard.
Feb 28, 2020 13:23:47 #
wdross
Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado
Hereford wrote:
Looks like a Red Tailed Hawk to me. Definitely not a buzzard -- they are ugly and have no feathers on their heads.
Just so it is known, buzzard is the common name of several species of hawk like birds (Buteo), including in the US, the turkey vulture, colloquially called a "buzzard" in many parts of North America. Also, in Europe, many of the genus Buteo are also called buzzard.
Feb 28, 2020 13:26:22 #
Whitbyrover
Loc: Lincolnshire, UK
wdross wrote:
You are thinking vulture. Vultures are a part of the buzzard family like the Redtail and some other hawks. The Redtail Hawk is actually a buzzard.
Thank you wdross. I know we're on different continents, but there are plenty of similarities and it definitely isn't a vulture!🤔
Feb 28, 2020 13:59:19 #
It's an immature red-tailed hawk.
And for the person who mentioned it, we have several species of buzzard in America. Over here they're called vultures. we have black vultures, turkey vultures and California condors. All of them lack feathers on the head.
And for the person who mentioned it, we have several species of buzzard in America. Over here they're called vultures. we have black vultures, turkey vultures and California condors. All of them lack feathers on the head.
Feb 28, 2020 14:20:36 #
ORpilot wrote:
Thanks all you birders. We have several varieties of raptors and some are real hard to figure out like the Coppers Hawk vs Sharp Shinned hawk. PS.. I knew it wasn't a buzzard... They are all in Washington DC.
This shot really helps with the identity of the Red-Tailed Hawk
Feb 28, 2020 14:26:21 #
Whitbyrover wrote:
Hi,
I do believe that it is a Buzzard.
I do believe that it is a Buzzard.
Yes, it IS a “buzzard” (member of the genus Buteo) but is, more specifically a young red-tailed hawk.
Dave
Feb 28, 2020 15:39:23 #
Feb 28, 2020 17:29:00 #
wdross wrote:
You are thinking vulture. Vultures are a part of the buzzard family like the Redtail and some other hawks. The Redtail Hawk is actually a buzzard.
Thanks for the straight scoop. I always thought vultures and buzzards were the same.Feb 28, 2020 17:43:43 #
Feb 28, 2020 18:11:32 #
ORpilot wrote:
Hi birders. What bird is this? He/she stopped eating the mouse long enough for me to shoot this today.
Seems some people are hard to convince.
In North America there are no buzzards. There are three vultures in the family Catharidae. Buzzard is a common name given to them. An incorrect one. Just like Robin is the common name given to the red breasted bird in the new world by the European invasive species landing on the shores.The birds are barely similar.
All other eagles, kites and the Osprey are family Accipitridae. The 'long winged hawks' are Falcons, family Falconidae.
This info in any current field guide of birds. I just happen to prefer the Nat. Geo. book, but most any up to date one will do, or even go on line.
Buzzard is the common name applied to about a dozen hawks in the genus Buteo in EUROPE. Some of them are also in North America. More confusion.
How about the naysayers document their statements for a refreshing change?
Bill
Feb 28, 2020 20:53:00 #
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