Help with Hawk ID please

Niloc · **on:** February 19, 2009, 05:21:32 PM

Hello all, I took quite a few shots last March of a Hawk and a captured duck in the Leslie Spit, the duck amazingly walked away ever since I have been trying to confirm what type of Hawk it is... I think it is a Harrier but many of the posts on here have now made me think it is a red tailed although the tail was definatley not red as I have many pics of Redtails and you can clearly see the red in the tail... and I am not convinced it is an immature Red Tail as it was quite large...can anyone of you experts here indentify it for me, these are a few pics off my website cheers!

http://www.colinmarcano.com/photo1185417.html#photo

http://www.colinmarcano.com/photo1179561.html#photo

http://www.colinmarcano.com/photo1399550.html#photo

http://www.colinmarcano.com/photo1188015.html#photo

raypye · **Reply #1 on:** February 19, 2009, 05:55:54 PM

Your hawk is a Red-tailed Hawk- juvenile.
Rayfield Pye

GStuart · **Reply #2 on:** February 19, 2009, 06:23:05 PM

If it were a Harrier, in the fourth shot (flying away), it would have a large white rump.

Niloc · **Reply #3 on:** February 19, 2009, 06:32:49 PM

Quote from: "GStuart"

If it were a Harrier, in the fourth shot (flying away), it would have a large white rump.

Ok thanks I just found a pic on the internet of a Northern Harrier and I see the white rump - cheers!

Niloc · **Reply #4 on:** February 19, 2009, 06:33:29 PM

Quote from: "raypye"

Your hawk is a Red-tailed Hawk- juvenile.
Rayfield Pye

Thanks Rayfield much appreciated