Buteo ID (1 Viewer)

[KerryL]

Hello all,

I saw three Buteo sp. together with a Black Vulture circling overhead in southeastern PA, USA today. One of the three showed translucent crescents on the wingtips, pointing me to a young Red-shouldered Hawk but the other two lacked this crescent and have a slightly different tail-stripe pattern. Are the other two Broad-winged? They were all similar in size, but I did note that one of them may have been slightly larger than the others.

Please see composite image below (image created from three separate photos so scale cannot be compared).

Thanks,

Kerry

 

[birdmeister]

Yes indeed, from left to right Broadwing, Red-shoulder, Broadwing. Bucks County has nesting pairs in the northern part, but others from out-of-state are already migrating as well.

 

[KerryL]

Thanks so much for the confirmation!