Hawk ID?
September 8th, 2008
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I am not a birder so I can’t help with the ID. But I do love the top shot, particularly the way the pine needles fills in under the birds neck!
Thanks, Howard. I’m not much of a birder, either. This is probably a very common bird. What was uncommon for me was to be standing below the tree when the hawk landed. I was in shadow, so it didn’t see me until I moved. Unfortunately, I had to move to get a clear view and capture the images. A true birder might have kept still longer than me!
Hey Con, this looks like a red-tailed hawk to me. I always look for the belly band and dark leading edge of the wing.
Thanks, Mike.
Belly band? Would that be music for belly dancers?
I thought Redtail also, maybe a young one?
Looking at my bird ID books, I thought young some kind of hawk, too.
When I see a redtail in the sky flying overhead the tail looks very red with sunlight shining though it. This bird was illuminated with golden evening light just before sunset.