Outdoor Ontario

Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: Jaedon on June 02, 2007, 07:33:41 PM

Title: RFI - Red Tail I thnk... pretty sure actually.
Post by: Jaedon on June 02, 2007, 07:33:41 PM

Bayview Avenue in Markham... about 6 lamp posts south of 16th avenue.  Just sitting there after being harassed by a crow.

(http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/690/redtail03xp0.jpg)

(http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/4858/redtail02fe0.jpg)

(http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/8627/redtail01ab6.jpg)

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Post by: Brian Bailey on June 03, 2007, 08:24:08 PM

A full 24 hours with no replies!? :shock:

Yes, it is a Red-tailed Hawk.  The tail is the key:  aside from the colour, most other hawks around here have noticeable, if not prominent, barring on the tail.

BB