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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: Irene on September 23, 2012, 08:39:14 PM

Title: Sharp Shinned from the High Park Hawk Watch
Post by: Irene on September 23, 2012, 08:39:14 PM

A wonderful day at the Hawk Watch at High Park-

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8322/8016367149_c8c930190e_b.jpg)

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8033/8016369018_de454914bc_c.jpg)

Hard to get a good shot when they are very high up, these are cropped a fair bit.

*I stand corrected this is not a broad winged..it is a sharpie, my apologies*

Title: Re: Broad-winged hawks from the High Park Hawk Watch
Post by: thouc on September 23, 2012, 11:08:24 PM

Nice pictures, the first one looks like a juv. Sharp-shinned Hawk and the second might be a juv. Cooper's Hawk (or possibly another Sharp-shin)

/Thomas

Title: Re: Broad-winged hawks from the High Park Hawk Watch
Post by: Irene on September 24, 2012, 10:06:37 PM

They are the same bird in different flight patterns

Title: Re: Broad-winged hawks from the High Park Hawk Watch
Post by: thouc on September 24, 2012, 10:11:46 PM

Really? The body pattern looks very different in the two pictures, that's why it's often hard to identify a bird from a single picture. I would say Sharp-shinned Hawk then.

Title: Re: Broad-winged hawks from the High Park Hawk Watch
Post by: Irene on September 24, 2012, 10:36:24 PM

The winds were very erratic and so were the flight patterns, gusting winds makes for some interesting flying LOL
It was hilarious to watch some of them.
I could be wrong, but still sticking with broad winged...he was rather large as opposed to the smaller sharpei

Title: Re: Broad-winged hawks from the High Park Hawk Watch
Post by: newfoundlander61 on September 25, 2012, 06:37:51 AM

Here is a Broad Winged taken a few weeks ago:

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8443/7908917942_babf4c6fcf_c.jpg)

Title: Re: Broad-winged hawks from the High Park Hawk Watch
Post by: Irene on September 25, 2012, 07:14:13 AM

Thanks Paul for posting that, I can see the difference now, apologies to Thouc..you are correct it is a sharpie.

Irene
it must be old age LOL