Hawk ID help
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- Killerbunny
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Hawk ID help
I can't figure this one out.
Think it's a juvenile something. Large hawk came down at the sparrows at dusk yesterday hence the picture. Distinctive heavily blotched back. Couldn't see the underside. ANyway it's welcome to as many sparrows and starlings as it likes! ALmost thinking juvenile goshawk with that heavy tail barring?
Think it's a juvenile something. Large hawk came down at the sparrows at dusk yesterday hence the picture. Distinctive heavily blotched back. Couldn't see the underside. ANyway it's welcome to as many sparrows and starlings as it likes! ALmost thinking juvenile goshawk with that heavy tail barring?
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Re: Hawk ID help
Were you able to see what colour the legs were? Was the breast a lighter colour, or did you get a ook? Maybe Coopers or Sharp Shin?
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- Killerbunny
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Re: Hawk ID help
No it all happened so fast. It was quite large. COuldn't see the underside at all.
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Re: Hawk ID help
To blurry for me sorry
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Re: Hawk ID help
It's a "sparrow Hawk" local custom tells me , if it hunts chickens it's a chicken Hawk, if it hunts pigeons it's a pigeon Hawk, etc.....
...but seriously, the blotched back, as you say would indicate juvenile something, seems a bit late for juvenile anything, but at this point who knows.
The storms with hight winds from the South have blown some birds off their usual migration routs, so could be anything ?
...but seriously, the blotched back, as you say would indicate juvenile something, seems a bit late for juvenile anything, but at this point who knows.
The storms with hight winds from the South have blown some birds off their usual migration routs, so could be anything ?
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Re: Hawk ID help
That's a coopers hawk with that barring on the tail.
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Re: Hawk ID help
eBird sitings for Brockville the last month...Cooper's Hawk, Sharp-Shinned Hawk (Rough Legged Hawk, Northern Harrier, Red-Tailed)
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Coopers_Hawk/id
https://www.hww.ca/en/wildlife/birds/sh ... -hawk.html
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Coopers_Hawk/id
https://www.hww.ca/en/wildlife/birds/sh ... -hawk.html
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- Killerbunny
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Re: Hawk ID help
We get lots of hawks through here on migration although the Goshawks stick around.
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