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Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: Marek on July 12, 2006, 08:30:37 PM

Title: Hawks
Post by: Marek on July 12, 2006, 08:30:37 PM

http://mareknaturephoto.com/Gallery/End-of-June/haw1 (http://mareknaturephoto.com/Gallery/End-of-June/haw1) http://mareknaturephoto.com/Gallery/End-of-June/haw2 (http://mareknaturephoto.com/Gallery/End-of-June/haw2)
Hi everyone. I'm new to tis site. Can anyone help me id this bird. I think it is Red -Tailed Hawk, male and female.

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Post by: Brian Bailey on July 13, 2006, 12:01:39 AM

The perched bird is a Red-tailed Hawk.  The one with the striped tail in the second photo looks like a Coopers Hawk.  It's an accipiter, and based mainly on the relative size versus the Red-tail, I would guess Coopers.

BB

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Post by: Marek on July 13, 2006, 06:14:43 PM

Thank you BB.