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if you're coming down here. This morning, I saw what I think was one of these just standing around in my front yard.

I love starting a day that way.

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Cool! I wish I had one of those in my yard.


I saw a Red-Tailed hawk at a garden a few weeks back, got this picture of him eating another bird:

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V2.0 was quite excited, until I mentioned the thing could probably carry him off. He backed away from the window a bit. :D
 
there are 4 hawks of some sort that live somewhere in the woods here. havent got close enough to ID them yet, but they have a wingspan of about 5'.
 
Got two red-tails living in the trees that border the field next door, a fairly good sized one and a smaller one (female and mate?). It's fun watching them. The biggest thing I've ever seen the big one take was a young rabbit. Red-tails don't get that big, Spot. Those are big birds.
 
chcr said:
Got two red-tails living in the trees that border the field next door, a fairly good sized one and a smaller one (female and mate?). It's fun watching them. The biggest thing I've ever seen the big one take was a young rabbit. Red-tails don't get that big, Spot. Those are big birds.
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Hawks aren't all that big ,Spot's are probably either immature Bald eagles or Golden eagles.,Eeagles have been known to take small dogs around here,but even then they have a hard time getting lift .
 
A.B.Normal said:
Hawks aren't all that big ,Spot's are probably either immature Bald eagles or Golden eagles.,Eeagles have been known to take small dogs around here,but even then they have a hard time getting lift .
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this is a pic of a turkey vulture i found on the web.
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the other image is one i took of the birds a few months back. does it look similar to you?
 
Okay,I thought you were saying it was a hawk you were seeing,my bad.We have Vultures here too and the way the individual feathers at the end of the wings look like fingers is a sure sign of a vulture and the fact they flap very infrequently.
 
i thought it was a hawk of some sort till chcr mentioned they dont have wingspans that big. just happened to stumble across a pic of the turkey vulture.
 
They do look identical. I have a big bird identification book if you want an ID. I never realized just how many different types of birds there are. One feather that's a different color than the rest makes it a whole new bird, it's wild. Even common birds like sparrows and ducks have a bunch of different species.

And once I started paying attention, I've seen all sorts of birds that have been there all along, but I never noticed.
 
Spot said:
i thought it was a hawk of some sort till chcr mentioned they dont have wingspans that big. just happened to stumble across a pic of the turkey vulture.
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I wondered. There are a lot of various vultures in this area, and some of 'em are effing huge (the size, not the OTC member ;) ).
 
greenfreak said:
They do look identical. I have a big bird identification book if you want an ID. I never realized just how many different types of birds there are. One feather that's a different color than the rest makes it a whole new bird, it's wild. Even common birds like sparrows and ducks have a bunch of different species.

And once I started paying attention, I've seen all sorts of birds that have been there all along, but I never noticed.
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thats the best pic i have of them right now. i keep the camera near the door incase i see them again.
 
Not too many hawks around here, though i did see one of these about 200 feet from my house (in the high-school field across the street). Colour me stunned... I must've stared at it for a good 10 mins before he took wing. Maybe he was out hunting some of the hares that've built a warren in my raspberry patch :D


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