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monoloco
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Raptor ID
Can anyone tell what kind of raptor this is?
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Barry A.
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Well, I am pretty sure it is not a FORD--------perhaps a Kestrel???
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kinda looks like a Harris' Hawk.
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I vote with Woody. I'd like to see a little more prominent tail band, but it looks like the Harris' hawks we identified at San Nic.
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A Harris's Hawk has a longer tail and a reddish patch on the shoulder like this bird---
I believe Mono's raptor is a Red-tailed Hawk, maybe a dark morph, maybe a young bird. Here's one---
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i say it's a velociraptor.
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Oly is right, roadside hawks, black hawks and Harris' hawks have light colored (yellow or tan) bills.
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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajabuddha
i say it's a velociraptor. |
Righttttttttt!!!!! Velociraptor-----http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velociraptor
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Barry A.
| Quote: | Originally posted by bajabuddha
i say it's a velociraptor. |
Righttttttttt!!!!! Velociraptor-----http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velociraptor
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BigOly
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Barry
In case you are interested, here's a photo I took of a Kestrel. They are the little falcons we often see on telephone wires.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BigOly
In case you are interested, here's a photo I took of a Kestrel. They are the little falcons we often see on telephone wires.
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Gorgeous, Oly-----thanks. Guess that ruins my idea of the featured bird being a Kestral. 
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With the black stripe at the eye could it possibly be an osprey??? could you see its underside monoloco? was it white?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajalinda
With the black stripe at the eye could it possibly be an osprey??? could you see its underside monoloco? was it white? |
I couldn't see the underside, but I think that it probably was an osprey as they are common here.
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Those kestrals are such handsome birds. A real dandy. He looks so refined.
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Not an Osprey
This is an Osprey----
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Raptor
Looks to me like an immature Red-tailed hawk.
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tehag, what I said, I don't think it could be anything else.
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Thanks to all, I'll keep my eye out for it and try and get a better shot.
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well jeeze, those dark morphs and immature young'uns will get you every time. Thanks for the photos BigOly - they're great.
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