The original bird shows pale wing crescents and even spotting down the breast. I’m not sure why immature Red-Shouldered Hawk should be ruled out in favor of something more exciting.
On Mon, Apr 8, 2019 at 6:03 PM John Gluth <jgl...@optonline.net> wrote: > While perusing the eBird Rarities photo gallery on my lunch break, I came > across two images of a raptor seen yesterday (4/7) in Ulster County: > > https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S54719551 > > Identified by the observer as a Northern Goshawk, the bird is clearly not > an accipiter but a buteoine hawk. It does not appear to be one of the > resident or migrant species expected here in NY though. What is it then? I > think the facial pattern in particular makes immature Gray Hawk (GRHA) a > possible candidate. But I’d be really interested in what other birders with > more knowledge of neotropical buteos think as I have only limited field > experience with that group, although that includes encounters with immature > GRHAs (TX 2003, AZ 2018). > > https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47684324 > > With the Maine Great Black Hawk still a fresh memory and Zone-tailed > Hawk(s) also seen in the northeast within the past few years, Gray Hawk is > no longer an outlandish thought. Whatever the Ulster bird is, it could > still be somewhere in the state, so keep your eyes to the skies. > > John Gluth, sent from my iPhone > -- > *NYSbirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > ABA <http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01> > *Please submit your observations to **eBird* > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>*!* > -- > -- Zach Schwartz-Weinstein 203 500 7774 -- 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/ --
