Here's a response from someone not on this listserve:
"Interesting.
still a RS.
wingshape not right for Gray (too lanky, blunt-tipped and broad throughout
the length). Gray's are quite compact. face pattern not bold enough. I've
seen quite a few Gray hawks and this just doesn't jump out as a possibility
here. not that it couldn't happen. this just isn't the one.
feel free to put this on NYSbirds as I am not on that list.
Zach Smith
Raptor Biologist
http://gunkskestrels.blogspot.com";
-----Original Message-----
From: Shaibal Mitra
Sent: Monday, April 08, 2019 8:10 PM
To: John Gluth ; NYSBIRDS-L-for posts posts
Subject: RE: [nysbirds-l] Interesting raptor, Ulster County
Why isn't it a Red-shouldered Hawk?
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From: bounce-123502200-11143...@list.cornell.edu
[bounce-123502200-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of John Gluth
[jgl...@optonline.net]
Sent: Monday, April 8, 2019 6:02 PM
To: NYSBIRDS-L-for posts posts
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Interesting raptor, Ulster County
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
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