Hi Chris
The tail is much too long and the wings much too short for them to belong to a
Broad-winged Hawk or any other buteo. The bird is certainly an accipiter, and
the seemingly wavy tail banding is usually a feature of Northern Goshawk (as
noted by others), but Cooper's Hawks can show this on occasion. However, the
underparts streaking is fine and quite thin, which is fairly rare for Northern
Goshawk, but fairly typical of Cooper's Hawk. The pictures do not show the
undertail coverts (nearly always streaked on Gos, clean white on Coop), so
they're no help here. My final clue on the bird would be the very length of
the tail, as Cooper's Hawk has the longest, relative to overall size, tail of
our three accipiters (Gos's tail is more like that of Sharp-shinned in
proportion), so I would go with a one-year-old Cooper's. Such an ID would also
make Occam happy, as Cooper's is the only expected accipiter at the location at
that time of year.
Sincerely,
Tony
Tony Leukering
currently Guymon, OK
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chrisblakeslee <[email protected]>: May 18 04:28PM -0600
COBIRDERS,
This afternoon we had a very wet Buteo sitting in our cottonwood tree
during the snow storm. I have some poor photos through glass and leaves and
would appreciate any help anyone can give me.
We live just west of the Denver Tech Center in Centennial.
I think this bird is a light phase Broad-winged Hawk.
Correct? Incorrect?
Thanks very much, Chris
Chris A. Blakeslee
Centennial, Colorado
[email protected]
chrisblakeslee <[email protected]>: May 18 04:31PM -0600
COBIRDERS,
This afternoon we had a very wet Buteo sitting in our cottonwood tree
during the snow storm. I have some poor photos through glass and leaves and
would appreciate any help anyone can give me.
We live just west of the Denver Tech Center in Centennial.
I think this bird is a light phase Broad-winged Hawk.
Correct? Incorrect?
Thanks very much, Chris
Chris A. Blakeslee
Centennial, Colorado
[email protected]
Charles Hundertmark <[email protected]>: May 18 06:02PM
-0600
The wavey tail pattern made me think of Northern Goshawk, a buteo-size
accipiter.
Chuck Hundertmark
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