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USA Hawk ID (1 Viewer)
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Valéry Schollaert
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I'd say a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk, very nice pic !
Sangahyando
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Yeah, a RTH doing a decent "Short-toed Eagle" impression. Doesn't look like Rough-legged.
nartreb
Speak softly and carry a long lens
It's not a rough-legged. No dark patch at wrist.
It's not a red-tailed either. No patagial bar, no belly band.
It's a juvenile red-shouldered, or maybe broad-winged. I think I can see "windows" at the base of the primaries so I'll go with red-shouldered.
It's not a red-tailed either. No patagial bar, no belly band.
It's a juvenile red-shouldered, or maybe broad-winged. I think I can see "windows" at the base of the primaries so I'll go with red-shouldered.
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Agree with nartreb; it is definitely a young Red-shouldered Hawk. Note also the dark streaking on the breast. Red-tails have an unmarked breast.
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The Bird Nuts
Birding Duo
+1 for young Red-shouldered.
There is a juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk pictured in Plate #222 in Wheeler's "Raptors of Eastern North America" that is marked very much like this one although the "windows" at the base of its primaries are somewhat more dominant.
"Brown head and throat. Broad streaks or blobs on underparts. Leg feathers always unmarked. Tawny crescent shaped window on base of outer 6 primaries. Inner primaries and all secondaries barred. Numerous narrow, pale gray tail bands; often rufous bands on basal area."
Bob
"Brown head and throat. Broad streaks or blobs on underparts. Leg feathers always unmarked. Tawny crescent shaped window on base of outer 6 primaries. Inner primaries and all secondaries barred. Numerous narrow, pale gray tail bands; often rufous bands on basal area."
Bob
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Birdbrain22
Well-known member
Another for young Red-shouldered Hawk here.
Jeff Hopkins
Just another...observer
And another for immature red-shouldered.
The long wings fit shoulder better than red-tail. The streaking is on the upper breast, not the belly. The barring on the tail is far too strong for an immature red-tail. And you can see the crescent windows - on a juvie red-tail they'd be square.
The long wings fit shoulder better than red-tail. The streaking is on the upper breast, not the belly. The barring on the tail is far too strong for an immature red-tail. And you can see the crescent windows - on a juvie red-tail they'd be square.
