Bird ID

[Dave H]

[nursejudy]

Hi Dave please see the new topic i have just posted

 

thought it may become as popular as the Pic of the day did ,just a thought

[Phone]

Dave H,

 

I'll take a shot at it.

 

It is difficult to tell the size of the bird without any referrence but it looks like a Cooper's Hawk.

 

Phone

[ayjay]

Dave H,

 

I'll take a shot at it.

 

It is difficult to tell the size of the bird without any referrence but it looks like a Cooper's Hawk.

 

Phone

I think it's a falcon rather than a hawk, (narrow pointed wings) Peregrine is what comes to mind initially but it doesn't look right - there's no moustache and the streaking underneath is very fine compared to a normal Peregrine - I think Dave is setting us up - it's probably a hybrid of some sort.

[Phone]

Ayjay,

 

I doubt he would post it without knowing. I'm pretty sure it is a quiz Square tail bothers me as some sort of falcon??? You're right about the wings.

 

Actually a bit to mottled for a Cooper's Hawk but I thought I'd start somewhere.

 

Phone

Very pretty bird.

[Dave H]

Sorry guys you are way off the mark. I have flown one of these myself. It's a falcon. That's all you are getting at present ...he he

[Worms]

Prairie merlin? Very pale for one of ours...

Edited April 17, 2013 by Worms

[robtherake]

Anyone guessed Gyrfalcon?

[ayjay]

Anyone guessed Gyrfalcon?

It's on my list as a possible parent/ancestor, along with Lanner, Saker and Peregrine (there's more, but the permutations are almost endless).

[Worms]

It's on my list as a possible parent/ancestor, along with Lanner, Saker and Peregrine (there's more, but the permutations are almost endless).

That was my initial thought. However (and I may well be wrong) I thought that the size of the eyes indicated a relatively small bird. (I thought the eyes were large in relation to the rest of the bird)

Edited April 17, 2013 by Worms