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Hawk ID

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Posted by Ed Geiger on May 21, 2010 at 11:44 PM
Hawk ID
I'm finding it hard to ID with the yellow on the beak and the brown chest. Reminds me of a Red Tail but.... Taken just outside West Yellowstone, Montana.
Posted by Brian Gatlin on May 22, 2010 at 12:03 AM
Looks like a Swainson's Hawk, Ed. the chestnut bib is a good mark for a perched bird.
Posted by Robbie Knight on May 22, 2010 at 10:09 AM
Agree with Swainson's - also look at the belly band below the buffy chest bib..... A roughlegged hawk would have a slimmer profile without the belly band. Also look how the outside tail feathers square off on the edges (birds right retrices). Great picture ! :jump: