Hawk ID

dlplumer

Can someone help me out with an ID on this guy?

Thanks



different bird

dlplumer

I think it's a Cooper's Hawk.

Allen

dlplumer wrote:

I think it's a Cooper's Hawk.

Looks like a Red-tailed Hawk to me. Nice shots.

jwear

Dan I am with Allen an immature red tail .5 of us shooting today saw a sharp-shinned and the talk went on, coopers or sharpy ,The shots we got are only ID shots at best and I have to study the ones I got

Harryb

Nice captures and I would agree with the red tail ID.

dlplumer

Thanks guys. A red-tailed hawk it is.

Backdoctor

With the reddish eye, looks like a Coopers Hawk. How big was it. Red Tail is a bigger bird than coopers. I would say a Red Tail is a medium to large bird while coopers is med to small...

Backdoctor

Coopers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooper's_Hawk


Red Tail: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_tail_hawk

maybe a redtail and coopers cross bred...

dlplumer

Well that's what I thought originally. I would say it was med to small compared to other hawks I have shot.

raptorcaptor

Definitely a Red-tailed hawk! The white bib is a good id feature.

dlplumer

raptorcaptor wrote:

Definitely a Red-tailed hawk! The white bib is a good id feature.

Thanks Glenn. If you say definitely, than it must be so

These Hawk IDs can be very tough:D