[Mnbird] Help with hawk ID

[Joachim Huber]

Whoever replies to this can you reply to all? I'd love to hear what it
might have been. Hope someone has an idea.

On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 10:04 AM Betsy Kerr via Mnbird <
mnbird at lists.mnbird.net> wrote:

> I'm not good at raptor IDs, and I'm really puzzled by a pair of hawks that
> briefly visited our neighborhood this morning (Golden Valley, just north of
> Wirth Park).  Unfortunately, I did not have my binocs.  They were buteos,
> and the larger one was about the size of a Red-Tailed, but absolutely no
> red in the tail feathers. I had a pretty clear though brief view of the
> underside.  Sorry I can't provide all the details, but it was some pattern
> of black and white, but not mottled like immature Bald Eagles. The most
> remarkable feature was a very clear, fairly wide band, solid and very dark,
> maybe somewhat rusty, that I would call a collar, at the top of the
> neck/start of the breast.  It was clearly bordered by white on both sides.
>
> I don't see anything in Sibley that looks like this.  Any ideas?  Again,
> sorry for the lack of some details.
>
> Betsy Kerr
> Golden Valley, MN
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