[Mnbird] ID Assist Please

[John Hamer]

I have seen 7 of these that look like your bird sitting on highway lights
along 169 and 494 lately. To me they are coopers juveniles.
It's a bit of a trick to id them while going by at 60 mpg but. They have a
distinct dark head that contrasts with a very light front.  They are medium
sized buteos. Their tale isn't as long as the cooper's hawks..A more
accurate guess would be if we can make out the black tip on the beek.  The
larger buteos would not let you get that close.

On Mon, Feb 5, 2024 at 5:32 PM Steven Chesney via Mnbird <
mnbird at lists.mnbird.net> wrote:

> That’s a corollary to Stiteler’s Law of Hawk ID:  “Find a reason it’s not
> a Red Tailed Hawk.”
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> *From:* Mnbird <mnbird-bounces at lists.mnbird.net> *On Behalf Of *Paul Sitz
> via Mnbird
> *Sent:* Monday, February 5, 2024 5:10 PM
> *To:* bcdrill at charter.net; mnbird at lists.mnbird.net
> *Subject:* Re: [Mnbird] ID Assist Please
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> It is my understanding that a large unidentified hawk is a Red Tailed Hawk.
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> Paul Sitz
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> *From:* Mnbird <mnbird-bounces at lists.mnbird.net> *On Behalf Of *bcdrill---
> via Mnbird
> *Sent:* Monday, February 5, 2024 1:03 PM
> *To:* mnbird at lists.mnbird.net
> *Subject:* [Mnbird] ID Assist Please
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> Good afternoon all.  This fine specimen was perched about 3 houses down
> from us as we returned from our morning walk today and remained calmly
> preening and looking around for quite a nice length of time.  I was able to
> see that it had feathered legs when it raised one to scratch itself, so the
> best guess I had was rough legged hawk?  It appeared quite imposing as it
> was all fluffed up against the morning chill and we at first thought it was
> an owl by size until I could grab my binoculars and then camera to get a
> zoom view.  This was my best photo showing the beak, etc, as some photos
> had it with a turned head.
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> Thanks to anyone who takes the time to respond--we always like to learn
> from a new sighting.  Cindy in North Mankato
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