What am I?

[Wheeler McDougal Jr.]

I took this last week in central Wyoming. I beleive it to be a Ferruginous Hawk, but I am not at all sure about it. It is not one of my best shots, but I was using my new Nikon 600mm Vr lens hand held with a D300. The rest of the shot information is below:

2008:09:26 08:15:48
600mm
900mm (in 35mm film)
1/640 sec, f/7.1
Mode: Av
Metering: Multi-segment
Exp comp: +1
ISO: 200
White balance: Auto
Flash: Off
File size: 14.2MB
Image size: 1969 x 1431
Color space: sRGB
Saturation: Normal
Sharpness: Normal
Contrast: Normal
Color profile: sRGB IEC61966-2.1

[David Tyrer]

I think that your ID is a bang on. An adult light morph Ferruginous Hawk.

[Jeff Wear]

I think your shot has enough detail to id it ==I would agree with you on Ferruginous Hawk

[Dave Brown]

Hi,

Just wondering what made you doubt that this was a Ferruginous Hawk.

Dave Brown