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[Kevin H]

i thought this was a young redtail but it looks similar to a coopers hawk???????????????

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confused.com lol

edit, has the wrong eye color for a coopers, maybe a young northern goshawk??

Help @Kevin H

Looks like a juvi Sharp-shinned Hawk

 

[Karmann_65]

Sorry, couldn't resist

 

[wev]

i thought this was a young redtail but it looks similar to a coopers hawk???????????????


confused.com lol

edit, has the wrong eye color for a coopers, maybe a young northern goshawk??

Help @Kevin H

Juvenile Cooper's

 

[wev]

Speaking of which, I came upon three of them today jumping about in some low trees. This one gave me a real once over

 

[wev]

 

[10 Gauge]

Saw a few raptors at Maymont this weekend.

 

[Stoshowicz]

i thought this was a young redtail but it looks similar to a coopers hawk???????????????

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confused.com lol

edit, has the wrong eye color for a coopers, maybe a young northern goshawk??

Help @Kevin H

Its an immature red-shouldered hawk.

 

[Marilynne]

Immature Cooper's or Red Shouldered Hawk?

Merlin ID'd this as Cooper's.

and this as Red Shouldered, so I don't know

 

[wev]

 

[Stoshowicz]

Hawks are often tricky , we dont have a good look at the tail on this one for confidence , but when I look at it , the clearly white bars on the leading edges of the primaries, and across the secondaries suggest imm red-shoulder again. Its not a slam dunk for me though since some of the broad-wings can look quite a lot like this but they usually have a dark area or stripe extending back from the base of the jaw. I just havent seen any examples of coopers where the Upper side leading edge of the primaries has the white bars. Although the white margins are somewhat worn, I think it still looks like basic red shoulder here in the SE.

 

[Kevin H]

Few Sharpies from today

 

[adot45]

Wow, they are really something!

 

[Kevin H]

Sharp-Shinned Hawk

 

[Kevin H]

American Kestrel

 

[Kevin H]

Osprey

 

[Scott Murray]

Whistling Kite at sunset.

 

[wev]

 

[wtlwdwgn]

Beautiful capture of the light on your kite Scott.

 

[salukfan111]

I didn't think I had time to put on a circular polarized filter. I hate taking pictures off grass with it sunny out.

 

[Stoshowicz]

Nice !, I wonder if that one might have some Krider's ancestry.