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Old 01-06-2017, 09:14 PM
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Really nice images.
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Old 01-06-2017, 11:14 PM
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Don - excellent and thought provoking images.

If ever birds could look miserable these do!

Excellent clarity and colour, especially given the terrible potential back lighting. I would be interested in the settings used to take these - or were they done on auto?
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Old 02-15-2017, 11:19 AM
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Hawk - identification needed

Today, a large hawk settled down on an upended flower pot in our back garden. Images below. I was shooting through a rain-spattered and dirty window, but I think the images are good enough for an i.d.

My first thought was juvenile Cooper's hawk, but this creature looked bigger than a Cooper. The tail striping is consistent with a Cooper, but the white face and white eyebrow (and the size) make me wonder if it might be a juvenile northern goshawk.

We had a bird that looked much like a goshawk a few years ago, and we are within their usual winter range.

Our most common raptors (aside from turkey vultures) are Coopers, sharpies (this one seems way too big), red-tails (clearly not), and the occasional northern harrier (clearly not).

What do you all think?

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Northern Goshawk looks good. If not, we can pretend.
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Old 03-13-2017, 10:34 AM
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Wow Don that is a great picture (pretty enough to paint), identifying immature hawks is a challenge, buteos can be very difficult if you live where several occur. A large accipiter clearly and immature Coopers if female can be quite large, facial markings suggest this too, but I have puzzled over immature hawks at length. We had a nice day driving from my Dad's in Orofino saw nice Pileated, Great horned sitting on nest, Rough legged, Red tailed and lots of Kestrels.
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Old 03-13-2017, 10:46 AM
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Interesting. It appears to be an amputee, a very rare sight indeed.
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Old 03-13-2017, 11:10 AM
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Old 03-19-2017, 10:27 AM
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The ice melted yesterday after being so thick folks were driving 4-wheelers around this winter...now we have swallows back for a week and the ducks back with robins singing in the morning...is very nice to see the spring. These are pics from the last few days sorry about the poor quality
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Old 03-19-2017, 11:50 PM
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Don, excellent shots of the bird of prey......

Glen - great winter shots too. Winter seems to lend itself to great subdued contrasty colours for a setting..
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