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    Goshawk? USA Alaska Peninsula

    RJP Thank you for the details.
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    Goshawk? USA Alaska Peninsula

    Can any of you relate the defining characteristics of the Harrier vs a Goshawk? Thank you all for your prompt reply.
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    Goshawk? USA Alaska Peninsula

    Greetings: Closest I can come with doc I have is Northern Goshawk. We have Gyrfalcon, Peregrine, and Merlin in the area but this is larger than the last two. Can anyone tell me what it is and if its immature or adult? Thank You
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    Falcon ID help

    stoop: That was my guess also as I think it is an immature brown morph version. These are much easier to photograph than the Merlin. Thank you for your input
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    Falcon ID help

    USA Alaska - Alaska Peninsula Since we have Gyrfalcon, Peregrine, and Merlin I thought I would post these photos in hopes of an accurate ID and to learn what I should look for to differentiate the species. Appreciate any input. Bob Dreeszen Outlet Lower Ugashik Lake Alaska USA
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    Immature Gyrfalcon vs Merlin SW AK

    I have posted photos of both Immature Gyrfalcon and Merlin but seek input on the differences between the two. Size seems definitive for the Merlin along with yellow/golden feet. but is there any identifying characteristics of a immature Merlin? I have read that the Merlin's favor a forest/tree...
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    Immature Gyrfalcon or Merlin-SW Alaska

    Are there characteristics I could use other than the relative size compared to the gull or the light blue/gray feet for ID? I have Gyrfalcon, Merlin and Peregrine in our area. Thank you for your input.
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    Gyrfalcon Alaska USA

    Thank you for your responses.
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    Gyrfalcon Alaska USA

    I have seen and photographed several Gyrfalcons from our home in a remote area of SW Alaska and was under the impression I could identify a mature/immature by golden/grayish blue coloration of the feet. In this particular photo sequence of an airborne duel between the Gyrfalcon and the Magpie...
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    Duck ID SW Alaska

    Stonechat1: Thank you for the info. Looks definitive to me especially the last part as I am very close to the Aleutians.
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    Duck ID SW Alaska

    stonechat1: Thank you for the info. I agree about white vertical stripe on the flanks but purple color of the cheek patch is what I couldn't match to anything. All of the photos I find of the Aleutian Teal are close but no vertical stripe on the flanks and the green cheek patch has a white ring...
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    Duck ID SW Alaska

    Can't determine from my bird book if these are Aleutian Teal or Wigeon.
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    Plover USA SW Alaska

    Plover The image was just photo taken at over 250 yards that was heavily cropped. Nothing done intentionally just a natural ability to distort. Thank all of you for the ID help. I have never seen any of these here before so maybe the next time I will be able to photograph one a little closer...
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    Plover USA SW Alaska

    My best bet from my bird book is a Lesser Golden-Plover
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    Banded Tundra Swan SW Alaska

    Bill: Just received a note back from the biologist that banded the swan as a two year old in 2007. The banding location had to be near us as it was listed as King Salmon AK and we are 80 air miles due south of King Salmon. Attaching a few more photos
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    Banded Tundra Swan SW Alaska

    Band info Bill: Thanks for the quick response. Sent a note with the photos to the biologist in Anchorage and filled out and submitted the Federal form. There was also a leg band on the right leg but can't tell if its the usual federal band or not. We live in this remote area year round and...
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    Banded Tundra Swan SW Alaska

    Happened to see this going through todays swan shots. Anyone know a contact point to report my sighting and find out where it was banded? I am located at the Outlet of Lower Ugashik Lake Alaska about 80 air miles south of Katmai Park
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    Peregrine Falcon

    I had also seen the Hobby sightings in the Western Aleutians and we are located on the Alaska Peninsula quite a bit east of there but have had some very strange weather patterns this year. I agree on the juvenile Peregrine. Even though it is a unusual sighting I hope to get better photos of...
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    Peregrine Falcon

    Bill: I googled (pealei) and was amazed to see a total of 19 different species of Peregrine's. Lots of info but not much in the line of photographs to compare. Also found the Northern Hobby (Falco Subbuteo) that has the narrower facial bars and more vertical bars on the chest. I think this a...
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    Peregrine Falcon

    I only managed a couple quick heavily cropped photos taken from my front deck 80 miles south of Katmai National Park. My only bird book has a photo of a Peregrine falcon looking from the top down and is hard to compare. This one seems to have a narrower moustache than shown in my book.
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    Raven Behaviour

    Alan: Now that you have ID'd the behavior for me it was easier to find. During one behavior called the “fuzzy-headed or thick-headed” display, ravens fluff out their head feathers to signal their submission to a dominant bird. Dominant birds, on the other hand, erect the head feathers above...
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    Raven Behaviour

    Alan Alan: Excellent source. Can't believe all the time I spent earlier googling Raven behavior and never came up with Bernd Heinrich as a source. In this case our sole winter resident Tundra Swan had just expired and the foxes had drug it into the thickest part of the alders. The Raven shown...
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    Raven Behaviour

    Jay: Thank you for the suggestion. Will do.
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    Raven Behaviour

    I live in a remote area of Alaska and ravens are common. After I photographed one yesterday I noticed a cap like feature on his head that I have never noticed before. Anyone aware of what that is about?
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    Bird ID Help - Katmai National Park Alaska

    Thank you for the warm welcome and the ID. Bob
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