Blue eyed Hawk ID
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Dec 1, 2018 09:39:15 #
Whistletown Wilds wrote:
Could use a little help IDing a Hawk that landed in my yard (S/E Ct.) I know it's not a great shot I had to shoot through the window at quite a distance but this is the first time I have seen a blue-eyed hawk maybe someone can help ID this one, it's about the size of a Red-tailed??? Thanks for your help!
Dec 1, 2018 09:39:29 #
Blue-eyed Hawk ID
The immature Cooper's Hawk has a yellow eye that turns red at age 6 years. In bad light it might be seen as brown in the adult bird. I've never seen a blue-eyed accipiter, but I've never seen a blue-eyed red-tail either. I agree with a little uncertainty with the others that it is a juvenile red-tail, but I'd like to see the length of that tail better. The blue eye is an anomaly that I never knew existed in red-tails. Great shot!
The immature Cooper's Hawk has a yellow eye that turns red at age 6 years. In bad light it might be seen as brown in the adult bird. I've never seen a blue-eyed accipiter, but I've never seen a blue-eyed red-tail either. I agree with a little uncertainty with the others that it is a juvenile red-tail, but I'd like to see the length of that tail better. The blue eye is an anomaly that I never knew existed in red-tails. Great shot!
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Jul 31, 2023 22:08:40 #
Sherwood Lincoln Whistletown Wilds wrote:
Could use a little help IDing a Hawk that landed in my yard (S/E Ct.) I know it's not a great shot I had to shoot through the window at quite a distance but this is the first time I have seen a blue-eyed hawk maybe someone can help ID this one, it's about the size of a Red-tailed??? Thanks for your help!
Had this one in my Driveway in Michigan today, very similiar. Eating Worms, I am thinking a juvenile red tail also, they are common around here
Aug 1, 2023 10:28:41 #
yagman wrote:
Had this one in my Driveway in Michigan today, very similiar. Eating Worms, I am thinking a juvenile red tail also, they are common around here
I think it is an immature Coopers, but I am not an expert.
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