Birds: Interesting and Returning

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@highpilgrim,

Your hawk is a Red-shouldered Hawk. It's an immature, so not quite as dashing as an adult. But, you can still see that it has a red shoulder, pale crescents on the spread wings, and a densely barred tail, among other field marks. Was this seen in CO? They're quite rare in the state. Very common in the eastern US and in California.

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red ... k/overview
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Christian Nunes wrote: Tue Oct 19, 2021 7:31 am @highpilgrim,

Your hawk is a Red-shouldered Hawk. It's an immature, so not quite as dashing as an adult. But, you can still see that it has a red shoulder, pale crescents on the spread wings, and a densely barred tail, among other field marks. Was this seen in CO? They're quite rare in the state. Very common in the eastern US and in California.

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red ... k/overview
Pilgrim is in Mizzery. Could have sworn that was a sharp-shinned, but you are indeed correct about that reddish shoulder patch. Still learning something new - thanks!
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Birds Aren't ReAl!!! #Poultrygate. If it flies it spies.
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Christian Nunes wrote: Tue Oct 19, 2021 7:31 am Your hawk is a Red-shouldered Hawk.
Thanks for that! I now have a Red-shouldered (which I thought was a juvenile Red Tailed), a Coopers (or possibly sharp shinned) and also an actual Red Tailed that is an adult that comes in to eat the squirrels that choose to die in my yard. The Coopers is the most striking of the bunch but I like them all.

All I did to get their company was to feed all the other birds and the Hawks arrived soon after. :lol:
greenonion wrote: Tue Oct 19, 2021 8:37 am Pilgrim is in Mizzery. Could have sworn that was a sharp-shinned, but you are indeed correct about that reddish shoulder patch. Still learning something new - thanks!
mizzery is not capitalized. It represents the beating heart of blood-red murica so it deserves no respect in spelling it. :wink:
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Here's one I got over the weekend...

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