How about the heavy blackish line through the eye- does Red-shouldered typically look that heavily marked or might it be an artifact of lighting?
Thanks Mike RIidge Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 8, 2019, at 7:08 PM, Steve Walter <swalte...@verizon.net> wrote: > > Why not an immature Red-shouldered Hawk? Streaking on the breast and long > wings with rather parallel leading and trailing edges fit. Gray Hawk is > chunkier (like a Broad-winged Hawk). There’s a picture of an immature on my > web site (http://stevewalternature.com/ ), on the Butoes in flight gallery. > I don’t see crescents to clinch Red-shoulder, but the pictures aren’t great. > There’s an old axiom at hawk watches. If you think you have a Goshawk and it > turns out to be a Buteo, then it’s a Red-shouldered. Or is it the other way > around? > > Steve Walter > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > Rules and Information > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > Archives: > The Mail Archive > Surfbirds > ABA > Please submit your observations to eBird! > -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
