UPDATE: This is apparently not a kestrel. Perhaps a Cooper's Hawk or a Sharp Shinned Hawk, which are so similar that there are guides to help you try to figure out which is which.
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
I Believe That This Is A Kestrel
It was sitting on a tree only six feet from our laundry room window, so there was no choice about whether to photograph it or not!
UPDATE: This is apparently not a kestrel. Perhaps a Cooper's Hawk or a Sharp Shinned Hawk, which are so similar that there are guides to help you try to figure out which is which.
UPDATE: This is apparently not a kestrel. Perhaps a Cooper's Hawk or a Sharp Shinned Hawk, which are so similar that there are guides to help you try to figure out which is which.
Merry Christmas.
ReplyDeleteI don't think it's a Kestrel. We have quite a few of them around here. Kestrels have an unusual white mark on the side of their head. Looks more like a Red Tailed Hawk.
great pic, Clayton. I cannot add any id info, alas.
ReplyDeleteMy wife the birder doesn't think it is a kestrel, either. They are quite small, and more colorful.
ReplyDeleteWe are voting for Cooper's Hawk or Sharp-shinned Hawk.
Merry Christmas from Texas!
Utterly beautiful - the bird and the photograph.
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