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Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: dizzy on January 22, 2015, 04:17:19 PM

Title: Rough legged or Western Red Tail
Post by: dizzy on January 22, 2015, 04:17:19 PM

Hi,

I found this bird at Downsview Park today at about 12:45pm. I'm leaning towards Western Red Tail. Please ID.

Either way, credit goes to John Brett for finding the bird and who alerted me that this bird was in the area when I arrived there. Thank you, John!

Thanks for looking.

(https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8629/16317308186_eb71398f95_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/qRUteL)

Title: Re: Rough legged or Western Red Tail
Post by: thouc on January 22, 2015, 11:05:32 PM

Tail pattern and iris colour shows that this is a juvenile bird and Rough-legged Hawk can be eliminated as it is lacking the dark wrist spot. The tail pattern also fits better with juv. Red-tail, so I agree with your conclusion that it is a dark morph western Red-tailed Hawk.

/Thomas

Title: Re: Rough legged or Western Red Tail
Post by: dizzy on January 23, 2015, 07:23:17 AM

Thanks Thomas.

Title: Re: Rough legged or Western Red Tail
Post by: Napper on January 27, 2015, 06:03:36 PM

Hey

Very Cool, I spotted a very similar Hawk at Downsview a few weeks ago but I cannot bring my camera to work so I had no

way to provide an image.

Am glad someone else spotted it.

Napper:D

Title: Re: Rough legged or Western Red Tail
Post by: Rotarran on January 30, 2015, 06:51:35 PM

I saw a Rough-legged Hawk today and at first I thought it was this bird but now that I see the picture again, I'm confident what I saw was a Rough-legged Hawk.  I'll post pics later in the Toronto reports section.