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Red tailed hawk? (1 Viewer)
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Jeff Hopkins
Just another...observer
Yes. Note the "belly-band".
Dave B Smith
Well-known member
I can't tell which it is from this photo, but wouldn't the Rough-legged Hawk (which also often shows a "belly band") be another possibility?
I don't have a lot of experience with Rough-legs, but I think the belly band would extend further down and we would see a black band at the end of the tail if this were one.
lou salomon
the birdonist
completely wrong pattern for a rough-leg. almost looks like a pale phase harlan's hawk but i guess that would be out of range?
A RTH can't be ruled out from this photograph. The RTH is by far the most common Hawk seen in northeastern North America.
The very white head on this one, if it is not an artifact, could indicate a Krider's Hawk which is the pale morph of the Eastern Red-tailed Hawk. Wheeler's Eastern Edition at p. 268 mentions that they have been recorded in the fall and winter in s. Ontario and s. Quebec.
Bob
The very white head on this one, if it is not an artifact, could indicate a Krider's Hawk which is the pale morph of the Eastern Red-tailed Hawk. Wheeler's Eastern Edition at p. 268 mentions that they have been recorded in the fall and winter in s. Ontario and s. Quebec.
Bob
