On February 26, 2018 2:12:48 PM PST, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote: >I agree with, Godfrey. Am actually >surprised to see a hawk in my book >identified as a Red-tail that has a tail >pictured almost exactly like that in >your shot. I've seen a photographed >numerous Red Tails, all of which >had distinctly obvious red tails. Must >be a California version. (??) >Is a mystery!
Either that or a juvenile. Their tails don't start out red. > >J > > > >Sent from my iPhone > >> On Feb 26, 2018, at 1:28 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> >wrote: >> >> We don’t get many big brawny birds here in the heartland. But today a >hawk landed in a nearby spruce while I was shooting dinky sparrows and >chickadees. Not easy to identify him sitting in a tree, and at first I >thought it was Cooper’s Hawk. >> >> https://www.dropbox.com/s/4o9lnaof9xso1x0/8136.jpg?dl=0 >> >> But I got one throwaway shot of him in flight, and due to the wing >markings and the broad red tail, I think he’s a red-tailed hawk. >> >> https://www.dropbox.com/s/sdsvezmykexlqmu/8144.jpg?dl=0 >> >> What say you? >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >and follow the directions. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
