Hawk ID, unknown location (1 Viewer)

MLoyko

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• Oct 3, 2008

• #1

Hey all,

I was watching bird videos on youtube and was becoming frustrated at all the wrongly ID'd birds I was coming across so I decided to shed some light on people situations

I corrected a bunch but this one has me stumped. They said it was a Harrier which it clearly isn't to us and then the Red-tail suggestion made me respond.

I believe it to be a Cooper's hawk but the color and at one point I thought I saw a white supercilium making me think Goshawk.

What do you think so I can correctly correct their honest mistake!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLyEtpSX0hc&feature=related

-Matt

 

SJC

Well-known member

• Oct 3, 2008

• #2

Looks good for Cooper's.

 

totaljohn

man-e-faces

• Oct 3, 2008

• #3

hmm, i don't know american juvenile accipters but i can safely say that bird identification on youtube is a thankless task.. i've lost count of all the comments that vehemently insist a sparrowhawk is a cooper's, despite being on the wrong side of the atlantic.

 

MLoyko

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• Oct 3, 2008

• #4

totaljohn said:

hmm, i don't know american juvenile accipters but i can safely say that bird identification on youtube is a thankless task.. i've lost count of all the comments that vehemently insist a sparrowhawk is a cooper's, despite being on the wrong side of the atlantic.

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I agree with you but I was bored and thought I should say something, I don't I just have a thing when someone says something wrong, (no matter what it is) I want to say something because I know the right answer :-O weird I guess.

-Matt

 

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cavan wood

Well-known member

• Oct 3, 2008

• #5

Agree with coopers.

Scott

 

lowcountrybird

Well-known member

• Oct 4, 2008

• #6

What about Sharp-shinned? This was taken in British Columbia. Not sure what time of year. Sharpie's are there all summer and in the south and west year-round. Coopers onlyyear round in south and not in summer except one spot in southeast.

 

nikovich

Well-known member

• Oct 4, 2008

• #7

Looking at the shape of the head and that bill , I'm going with a juvenile Northern Harrier

 

jomo

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• Oct 4, 2008

• #8

That's a coop, for sure. The cap is very distinct, and it lacks the head pattern and facial disk of a harrier.

 

Natalie

Learning Birder

• Oct 4, 2008

• #9

...Anyone notice that the "Ravens" heard in the video are actually Crows?

 

MLoyko

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• Oct 4, 2008

• #10

Natalie said:

...Anyone notice that the "Ravens" heard in the video are actually Crows?

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I did, but I was already correcting them on the Raptor and didn't want to say somethign about the Corvids. :t:

Nice observation though, American crow right? Based on call.

-Matt

 

chris butterworth

aka The Person Named Above

• Oct 4, 2008

• #11

Looks too "chunky", and, with that cap I'd plump for Coopers. Watching birds on You Tube - nobody gets that bored, do they?
Chris

 

birderbf

Wild, Wild West ................... ern Spindalis

• Oct 4, 2008

• #12

MLoyko said:

Nice observation though, American crow right? Based on call.

-Matt

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Based on call a crow, based on range a Northwestern.

So instead of "Hawk attacks dove while Ravens circle overhead scolding it. Very noisy," the caption should read "Adult Cooper's Hawk eats Rock Pigeon while Northwestern Crows circle overhead scolding it. Very noisy," to be more correct. There is also another something scolding the bird. It could be a squirrel I suppose.

 

durham giant

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• Oct 4, 2008

• #13

Isn't a harrier hawk the name of an african raptor also nown as the gymnogyne (excuse spelling)?

 

MLoyko

d[-_-]b

• Oct 5, 2008

• #14

chris butterworth said:

Looks too "chunky", and, with that cap I'd plump for Coopers. Watching birds on You Tube - nobody gets that bored, do they?
Chris

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You don't even know, doing biology homework sucks and I get distracted easily :-O, besides it's not like I always do it just that time :t:

-Matt