Tuesday, March 01, 2011

ID Query

Tom McIntyre sent this photo his friend Keith Benoist snapped in Mississippi last weekend. Suggestions include Swainson's and broadwing which I doubt-- slighter and migratory-- and Harlan's which is possible though ours tend to be more "speckly". I call darkish (for the east) redtail. What say you?
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7 comments:

  1. John CarlsonTuesday, 01 March, 2011

    Looks more like a Redtail than anything else to me.

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  2. Cat UrbigkitTuesday, 01 March, 2011

    Yep, I'm with Steve and John, redtail. Been studying up on these buggers lately too.

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  3. terrieWednesday, 02 March, 2011

    Yes, juvenile Red-tailed Hawk.

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  4. Mark ChurchillWednesday, 02 March, 2011

    Redtail, without any doubt in my mind. Doesn't even strike me as all that unusual...

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  5. Stephen OlnerThursday, 03 March, 2011

    looks like your typical passage redtail to me

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  6. Tim GallagherThursday, 03 March, 2011

    I agree. Definitely a juvenile red-tail.

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  7. Randy S. BrethFriday, 11 March, 2011

    I think Redtail, too.
    Easier to identify than this one - an Albino Redtail.
    http://ksbirds.org/gallery/whitebuteo.htm

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