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Posted by Olm on July 25, 2008 at 5:41 pm
It’s a red-tailed hawk.
Posted by Kym on July 25, 2008 at 5:55 pm
Olm, my first reaction was no, red tail hawks are browner and have red tails. I see them all the time. But after looking at some online photos, I’m confused. A lot of pics that look like the one above are identified as red-tails. Now, I’m wondering if my camera allowed me to see one in greater detail than I have before. But, still, where is its distinctive red tail?
Posted by Ben on July 25, 2008 at 6:27 pm
It’s the cover picture on my Sibley guide. Definitely a Red Tail. The wing patterns are identical. Yours might be a young one.
Posted by Kym on July 25, 2008 at 6:31 pm
Ben, that is what I’m thinking. Photos on more scholarly sites show the adults as redder all over with really red tails. Those photos identified as juveniles are paler with this check pattern more prominent and their tales hardly show any red.
We have a pair of mated adults here for years. I don’t recall seeing any of the lighter colored juveniles before. Maybe this is a good sign? Maybe it is a year for the young like Ernie says.
Posted by Rose on July 25, 2008 at 8:25 pm
Beautiful! I vote red-tail also.
Posted by Elizabeth on July 25, 2008 at 8:53 pm
wow – the detail underneath the wings is beautiful
Posted by Jennifer Savage on July 25, 2008 at 9:35 pm
I still get red-tails and red-shoulders confused – Chelsea is the family expert. If she was here, I’d ask her, although sounds like we have consensus at this point. Really beautiful, Kym.
Posted by archiearchive FCD on July 26, 2008 at 10:13 am
A great photo (again
), Kym. It doesn’t look like an Australian raptor so I cannot offer a suggestion. Although it doesn’t look like Henery Hawk. Foghorn Leghorn would not have answered back to your hawk 
Posted by Kym on July 26, 2008 at 10:49 am
I think there is a bunch of juveniles just moved into the area or maybe I’m just noticing them. Today there were two chasing a third with a snake. I got some decent but not great photos.
Posted by Hank Sims on July 26, 2008 at 11:46 am
It’s a badass hawk, is what it is.
Posted by Olm on July 26, 2008 at 2:04 pm
It is a juvenile.
Found a great post on this blog, 10,000 Birds, of a red-tailed in New York state, including a few good shots of the bird in flight.
Here’s a good view of the underside of one in flight.
Red-tailed are the most-observed hawk at Hawk Hill by the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory project. It’s probably the most common hawk in North America, though they’ve a variety of color forms and can be tough to i.d. (GGRO probably count more turkey vultures than any other bird, though the same bird maybe counted more than once, so it’s not fair to say which species is the most observed raptor. Vultures are also raptors.)
GGRO are getting ramped up for the fall migration; a day-trip to Hawk Hill on a clear day during the migration is a great opportunity for learning and a load of fun!
Posted by gulo gordo on July 26, 2008 at 2:59 pm
red-tail for sure.
the dark shoulder stripes are the giveaway.
the redness is on the upper part of the tail, not the seen-from-below part.
Posted by forkboy on July 27, 2008 at 10:04 am
Handsome hawk, whatever he/she is. Thanks for sharing!
Posted by alaskasteve on July 27, 2008 at 10:55 pm
What a beautiful hawk and a great photo Kym! The detail is amazing . . . . . .
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