I asked a friend who is excellent at ID'ing local fauna about the bird.
His comments are below, but it's definitely a redtail. RJ really enjoys
ID'ing from photos, so I can put anyone who is interested in contact
with him. I was thinking of introducing him and Jack because RJ is
working on a project to get photos of 50 native plants and 50 native
animals from each of the counties in California.
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Subject: Re: Fwd: PESO Raptor Rapture
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 06:25:45 +0000 (UTC)
To: Larry Colen <[email protected]>
Hi Larry,
Definitely a Red-tailed Hawk (adult). At first I thought it was the pale
prairie subspecies often referred to as a "Krider's" Red-tailed Hawk,
but the extensive belly band and the tail with orange going all the way
to the base (rather than with an extensive whitish wash at the base and
orange only on the outer half), leaves me to think this is what is often
called a pale-morph Red-tailed Hawk. Red-tails are extremely variable
and can range from very pale like this one to almost entirely
chocolate-brown.
Fantastic photos - thanks for sharing them!
RJ
On Monday, February 26, 2018, 6:00:06 PM PST, Larry Colen
<[email protected]> wrote:
RJ,
Could you help with an ID question?
thanks,
LRC
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Subject: PESO Raptor Rapture
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 16:28:12 -0500
From: Paul Stenquist <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
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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?
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