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Can someone Id this bird for me?
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Posted by ams2009 (My Page) on Sat, Aug 7, 10 at 2:59
| Also Posted a message in the bird watching forum on this mystery bird, but wanted to post here as well just to see If someone might be able to figure out what kind of bird or raptor this is, thanks! There are several pics on my flickr page too, just linked to this particular one but have quite a few more of same bird posted! Thanks
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RE: Can someone Id this bird for me?
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| Kind of a funky one, but from these photos it looks rather like a Red-tailed Hawk wearing a falconry hood. I could of course be hideously wrong.... -O- |
RE: Can someone Id this bird for me?
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| Oh! Thanks, I've shown these to several people and everyone, like myself, has been stumped. I know nothing about falconry and training raptors so idk if it's normal that I didn't see anyone anywhere near when I saw this "hawk". No one around except for the other bird that's in a few of the photos, and a few smaller birds that looked to be mobbing either this bird or the other large bird, idk, I Wonder if this bird might have been lost?? Thanks again |
RE: Can someone Id this bird for me?
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| It is a red tailed hawk, but it is not wearing a hood at all! I'm a falconer and a hood coers the whole head, just look it up on google... You wouldn't see the eyes, and the bird wouldn't be able to fly very far on the unlikely event it escaped with a hood on. Plus there are no anklets on its legs. This bird is wild. |
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