Identify that Raptor
This image wasn't taken along the trail, But it could have been. Test your bird ID skills.
http://americanhiking.chattablogs.co...es/064525.html
Peregrine Falcon.
You can never appreciate the shade of a tree unless you sweat in the sun.-- Author Unknown
Red tail?
My turn ...
What's this one smartie?
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You can never appreciate the shade of a tree unless you sweat in the sun.-- Author Unknown
I am going to agree with Doggiebag. It looks a lot like the Air Force Academy Falcon mascot. I got to share a seat on an airplance from Colorado Springs to St Louis Mo. with the bird and the handler one time. I'll take the bird over crying babies any day.
Western Prairie Hawk ...also sometimes called a "Prairie Falcon"
'Slogger
The more I learn ...the more I realize I don't know.
Atlanta Falcon
Nah, it's on a car, not in prison.Originally Posted by max patch
"If you play a Nicleback song backwards, you'll hear messages from the devil. Even worse, if you play it forward, you'll hear Nickleback." - Dave Grohl
Juvenile Cooper's Hawk.
Peregrine Falcon.
Juvenile Red Tail.
Hammock Hooch........that was too funny!
[quote=Lobo;476708]Juvenile Cooper's Hawk.[/quote
I agree.
"The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast and you miss all you are traveling for." - Louis L'Amour
I claim "bird dumbness" and the one in the picture doesn't have a band on it's belly and a little bird pointed out juvenile red tails have banded bellies so I am gonna change my guess to.....
Peregrine Falcon...maybe even a juvenile P. Falcon. ? ? ?
Immature Coopers Hawk
Guess I should Google "Cooper's Hawk" and learn something.....and become less bird dumb.
That didn't take long and the first site I went to had a photo.
Learn something knew everyday.
Cooper's Hawk. The overall body shape (long and thin), the large black horizontal stripes on the tail, etc. The color and overall spotting indicate a juvenile.
It could be a female Sharp Shinned hawk, but I think it's too big. Sharpies just look daintier than that. (Is "daintier" a word?)
Daintier:
1.of delicate beauty; exquisite: a dainty lace handkerchief. 2.pleasing to the taste and, often, temptingly served or delicate; delicious: dainty pastries. 3.of delicate discrimination or taste; particular; fastidious: a dainty eater. 4.overly particular; finicky. –noun 5.something delicious to the taste; a delicacy.
[Origin: 1175–1225; ME deinte worthiness, happiness, delicacy < AF (OF deint(i)e) < L dignitāt- (s. of dignitās); see dignity
I would have used skinny.
You can never appreciate the shade of a tree unless you sweat in the sun.-- Author Unknown
Four correct answers! You guys are good!
'All my lies are always wishes" ~Jeff Tweedy~
Huh, not something I'd apply to a Sharpie, or a Cooper's for that matter. But smaller and more delicate might be right. Skinny -- yeah, I could go for that too.
--Ken
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