Can someone please identify this hawk? Image shot in Yellowstone in October 2010. Thanks in advance
ID please
Can someone please identify this hawk? Image shot in Yellowstone in October 2010. Thanks in advance
Last edited by sandra calderbank; 11-12-2010 at 10:05 PM. Reason: image not attACHED
Please ID this bird
This image should have been attached to the previous post. Can someone please ID? Image shot in Yellowstone October, 2010
Immature Red tailed Hawk.
Very nice image.
Roy- could you say why it is a young RTHA. Thanks.
Thank you!
Thank you for the kind words and also the identification. I would appreciate any ID criteria you can share. I searched my references, and it seemed like it could fit several of many descriptions and I know that it is because of my inexperience in bird identification.
John, basically I start with what birds are likely to be found in the area and the time of year. I guess the birds would be a RTHA, a broadwing ?, swainsons or rough legged. Both the broadwing and swainsons are migratory and should not be present and the bird has no typical roughlegged feathered legs and the shape is all wrong for a roughlegged.Originally Posted by John Chardine
It isn't an adult RT as you can see the banding still present on the tail and there is no red or rufous colour on the tail showing. It has the typical brown streaking on the side of the breast of an immature and has the pale eyes you would expect of a juvenile.
Hope this is what you had in mind.
By the way did I get it right?
Last edited by Roy Priest; 11-14-2010 at 03:45 AM.
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