What kind of hawk is this? pic heavy

[Sonoran Silkies]

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The tail is barred; red-tailed hawks have a red tail with only one bar, near the tip.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Tomorrow morning call Game and Fish and ask for help in identifying the hawk that was in your yard. You can probably forward the photos and get a definitive answer from an expert. BTW, your photos are AMAZING! So is your coop!

 

[crj]

Stunning pictures and I too like your coop and painting.

 

[zazouse]

It looks like an immature buteos to me.
Very nice set of photos,thank you for sharing.

 

[Mama Hen Chris]

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I was thinking the same thing. AZ Game and Fish have a calendar contest every year and I was thinking of entering one of the "hawk's" photos. I only had an honorable mention on some previous pics in the past couple years. Have to have a total of 3 photos in by July 8th. I have a couple other pics to add. Just need to look through my pics and see which 2 I want to enter as well.

Thanks about the coop. This is our second one. DH made me one for my birthday last year for 4 girls. Chicken math turned into 10 girls, hence bigger coop. Also after reading lots on BYC, I knew what I wanted in a coop. There is always room to dream. The coop size doubles as well as the run. I now have 105 sq.feet in the run and 48 sq feet in the coop.

The 1st coop we are using as a storage room. We were thinking of selling it..it is very heavy as DH moved it on his own to make room for the new run.



Birthday coop and my babies.

 

[Mama Hen Chris]

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I found this on google images..sure looks like one to me.
http://marksteinmetz.photoshelter.com/img/pixel.gif

 

[Mama Hen Chris]

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Thank you very much. I love to take pics ...I told DH that it looks like a kindergartener painted the wall. He painted the daisies!

 

[Hoss1975]

It looks to big for a cooper's,i see them almost every day after my pigeons.It could be a Northern goshawk?

 

[centrarchid]

Female Coopers quite a bit larger than sharp-shinned but how does it compare with lets say a make goshawk?

Another consideration is regional variation in the various hawk species. Red-tailed hawks are quite variable. Birds in midwest lighter in coloration while some up in northwestern North America and maybe north as a whole can approach being black. Those in Florida look different as well. I think Coopers hawks of western U.S. also different from those of Mississippi River drainage.

 

[leonphelps]

my money is on that it was hand raised then released to the wild and will never be wild again.

I have a friend that lives under a large bridge (the PA turnpike to NJ Turnpike connector) and they release falcons into nests under the bride all the time. Eventually the birds land on his boat and wave runner then he makes the call for them to go and get the bird. There are lots of gulls in the area so food is plentiful, they know panhandling is easiest.