I agree with Dave regarding a Broad-winged Hawk. Ann Mitchell Sent from my iPhone
> On Jun 15, 2014, at 5:28 PM, Dave Nutter <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am NOT an authority on raptors, but that has never stopped me from > commenting before, so here's my guess: > > I think the first blurry photo looks like a dark type of Red-tailed Hawk more > typically found out west. > > I think the second and third photos are of a different bird with a feather > missing from primaries on each side. The only species of Buteo around here > with such a wide bold white stripe in the tail is Broad-winged Hawk, which > also shows a black outline to the ends of the flight feathers on the entire > wing, as seen in the third photo. However, dark-type Broad-winged Hawks are > rare, and the wing shape looks too long and rounded to me, so I'm not at all > confident. I hope someone who really knows what they are talking about has a > look at your photos and sets me straight. > --Dave Nutter > >> On Jun 15, 2014, at 03:23 PM, Ray Zimmerman <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Today around 12:30pm as I stepped outside (in Eastern Heights, Ithaca) the >> call of red-tailed hawk caught my attention and I quickly spotted it >> circling overhead. As I grabbed my binoculars, I soon realized that it was a >> very unusual red-tail (at least very different from the one’s I’m used to >> seeing). As you can see from very bad photos linked below, it was quit dark >> below. >> >> So is this a western bird, or is this just a variation I haven’t seen around >> here before? >> >> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/t7pw5hoifjpzeey/AABcyimp4JipHTo8DwZc0r8-a >> >> — Ray >> >> >> -- >> >> Cayugabirds-L List Info: >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES >> http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm >> >> ARCHIVES: >> 1) >> [email protected]/maillist.html'>http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html >> 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds >> 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html >> >> Please submit your observations to eBird: >> http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ >> >> -- >> > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > BirdingOnThe.Net > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
