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Birding Reports => Toronto Reports => Topic started by: nickitka on February 01, 2013, 11:21:20 PM

Title: Birds of Prey @ Major MacKenzie and Thomas Cook
Post by: nickitka on February 01, 2013, 11:21:20 PM

Spotted today in the afternoon:
2 kestrels
1 or 2 Red-Tailed Hawks
A Harrier Hawk

I will post my pictures later.
Also we saw 4 red-tailed hawks along Hwy 7 near Bathurst.

Title: Re: Birds of Prey @ Major MacKenzie and Thomas Cook
Post by: nickitka on February 02, 2013, 12:26:11 PM

The American Kestrel
(http://s05.radikal.ru/i178/1302/db/511ba20ac855.jpg)

(http://i058.radikal.ru/1302/47/4c25169a8fb2.jpg)

(http://s019.radikal.ru/i602/1302/0c/ea325d5e6ce6.jpg)

This one looks like the Harrier's Hawk, but I am not 100% sure. It was too far to take a clear image and, honestly, from that distance I was thinking that it is the Red-Tailed Hawk with darker colouring
(http://s019.radikal.ru/i601/1302/52/f49548e70f7b.jpg)

Title: Re: Birds of Prey @ Major MacKenzie and Thomas Cook
Post by: thouc on February 02, 2013, 12:55:09 PM

I think you are right with Northern Harrier, female/imm., with the white rump.

Title: Re: Birds of Prey @ Major MacKenzie and Thomas Cook
Post by: nickitka on February 02, 2013, 01:02:46 PM

Quote from: "thouc"

I think you are right with Northern Harrier, female/imm., with the white rump.

Thank you!

Title: Re: Birds of Prey @ Major MacKenzie and Thomas Cook
Post by: yep on February 03, 2013, 10:24:28 AM

Quote from: "thouc"

I think you are right with Northern Harrier, female/imm., with the white rump.

To be clear, male, female, and immature N. Harriers all have the white rump, but this definitely looks like a female.  The male would be grey more than brown and the streaking I think I see in the second picture rules out immature.