Hawk Identification

[Hilljackoutlaw]

In southeast Idaho.

 

[jt13]

Looks like a Harris Hawk

 

[Hilljackoutlaw]

Looks like a Harris Hawk

I didn't think it had enough redish coloring for Harris, but I was thinking that or a ferruginous.

 

[Letthemgrow]

Swainson's?

 

[Wildabeest]

 

[Hunting Wife]

No red on the wing like Harris. Gape not long enough for Ferruginous. Dark morph red-tail is my guess.

 

[QuazyQuinton]

Dark buteos can be difficult for sure. I'm inclined to guess Red-tailed also, but I could be talked out of it.

QQ

 

[Bill Zent]

It is a Redtail, the giveaway is its yellow beak and legs.

 

[Hilljackoutlaw]

I'm with you guys a dark morph red tail after getting the birds of the west book out. I thought he was injured, I basically walked right up to him. He finally took off after a few minutes.

 

[Sytes]

@406LIFE - where's he been? Not seen him in a while and this would have jingled his bell right quick! Hope all is well with him.

 

[Bambistew]

Looks like a Mike to me.

 

[Hilljackoutlaw]

@406LIFE - where's he been? Not seen him in a while and this would have jingled his bell right quick! Hope all is well with him.

That's who I was waiting for.

 

[406LIFE]

I'm around, just busy chasing politicians and animals. Maybe they're the same thing.

I think this is a Harlan's. The head and legs make me say Redtail. The mottling on the chest (whitish brown) is probably just streaky, and the dark eye color is a haggard. The dark color is definitely a Harlan coloring, which is just the name of the dark-morph retails. Harlan's are pretty rare, maybe 10% of RTs.

It'd be too cold for Harris's in ID.

Gape (mouth) is too small for Ferruginous.

Wings look a bit short to be Swainson's.

Swainson's, Harris's, Ferruginous, Redtails, all have yellwo ceres (nose) and legs.

Buteos (RT, Ferug) were once referred to as chickenhawks, but they don't focus on birds as prey.

 

[Jorgy]

my vote is on Steppe Eagle. But I'm a idiot

 

[CowboyLeroy]

Hell I thought it was a golden eagle

 

[Hilljackoutlaw]

Pretty sure it's nesting in a tree out in my pasture. If I get a chance I'll get some more pics.

 

[Oak]

It's definitely a red-tail.

 

[Caseknife]

If you catch it flying, that is the easiest way to ID a Redtail. We have a pair that nests every year within 200 yards of our house, using two alternate nests, one east, one west. Watching them fly and looking at the coloration, three birds will have three different markings, but the one constant is the red tail.

 

[gouch]

I'm going with Red tail.

 

[BirdManMike]

Its just a regular chicken. Probably one of those froghorn leghorns types.