so my girl friend and birding partner came in to my workdown town manchester new hampshire and said she had seen a dead bird she couldnt ID...so i was on the scene like fast...it was about 12 inches or so, hard to tell with no head, i think it was juvinile...whitish back, sharp tipped wings mostly smooth gray trailing edge black/dark gray...very stubby tail (starlingish),feet were raptor like with small talons and fairly strong looking feet...
hard to tell (its dark out) if the tail was plucked a bit, also i had to get back to work haha....i wasnt suposed to be out doing doing pherensic birding haha...the location was under a bridge in down town...lots of rock doves around...my first thought was a just fledged perigen or the like...im usually pretty good with this stuff but i am stumped...any ideas?
lee
hard to tell (its dark out) if the tail was plucked a bit, also i had to get back to work haha....i wasnt suposed to be out doing doing pherensic birding haha...the location was under a bridge in down town...lots of rock doves around...my first thought was a just fledged perigen or the like...im usually pretty good with this stuff but i am stumped...any ideas?
lee