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This image wasn't taken along the trail, But it could have been. Test your bird ID skills.
http://americanhiking.chattablogs.com/archives/064525.html
doggiebag
12-18-2007, 13:22
Peregrine Falcon.
Spirit Walker
12-18-2007, 13:25
Red tail?
doggiebag
12-18-2007, 13:26
What's this one smartie?
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sasquatch2014
12-18-2007, 13:29
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.
Footslogger
12-18-2007, 13:30
Western Prairie Hawk ...also sometimes called a "Prairie Falcon"
'Slogger
max patch
12-18-2007, 13:38
Atlanta Falcon
Atlanta FalconNah, it's on a car, not in prison. :eek:
Jaybird62
12-18-2007, 14:24
Peregrine Falcon.
Ramble~On
12-18-2007, 15:11
Juvenile Red Tail.
:jump Hammock Hooch........that was too funny!
[quote=Lobo;476708]Juvenile Cooper's Hawk.[/quote
I agree.
Ramble~On
12-18-2007, 15:31
:-? 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. ? ? ?
RockyBob
12-18-2007, 15:56
Immature Coopers Hawk
Ramble~On
12-18-2007, 16:00
Guess I should Google "Cooper's Hawk" and learn something.....and become less bird dumb.
Ramble~On
12-18-2007, 16:01
That didn't take long and the first site I went to had a photo.
Learn something knew everyday.
bigcranky
12-18-2007, 16:03
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?)
doggiebag
12-18-2007, 16:07
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 (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=dignity)
I would have used skinny.
Four correct answers! You guys are good!
bigcranky
12-18-2007, 18:51
–noun 5.something delicious to the taste; a delicacy.
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