Outdoor Ontario
Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: Dinusaur on September 12, 2014, 09:51:28 PM
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These days, when you look up you may find one of these flying by. What are these?
1. A Broad-winged?
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5551/15034034679_816a7c0535_c.jpg) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/60250038@N02/15034034679/)
2 & 3: Northern Harrier?
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5591/15034032669_12125e80c7_c.jpg) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/60250038@N02/15034032669/)
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3907/15220821115_757fddf1cd_c.jpg) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/60250038@N02/15220821115/)
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The first one looks good for a broadwing, while the second and third appear to be an immature cooper's hawk.
The lack of a prominent eyebrow, the even streaks on the tail and the belly streaking that peters out before the coverts would eliminate a goshawk and to my eye it looks much too bulky for a sharp-shinned.
Hope this helps
Tim