Name this Bird

Veevee · July 2012

These two just landed outside my backdoor, and I would love to know what species they are.

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a5ehren · July 2012

They look like eagles of some kind. Let me check around.

Veevee · July 2012

I'm guessing either some type of Hawk or Falcon, the only eagles I know of around here are of the Bald variety.

a5ehren · July 2012

Yeah, whoops.

Kind of looks like these guys?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-tailed_Hawk

MushroomStick · July 2012

Where was the picture taken?

Veevee · July 2012

yeah, could be a female and immature bird. Definitely not a full grown male as the tail isn't red

Veevee · July 2012

MushroomStick wrote: »

Where was the picture taken?

my backyard in South Central Wisconsin

MushroomStick · July 2012

Probably right about it being a redtail then. I see them all the time in northern Illinois.

mts · July 2012

Pretty sure that those are red-tail hawks

MichaelLC · July 2012

Those are some beautiful birds.

Beren39 · July 2012

I think those are light morph redtails, and judging by the belly and eyes probably both juveniles.

CycloneRanger · July 2012

Those are juvenile red-tailed hawks.

bowen · July 2012

Yeah red-tailed hawks. They're similarly looking to gold eagles.

mts · July 2012

golden eagles are huge though

MushroomStick · July 2012

Gold eagles are are a lot larger and have dark bellies.

bowen · July 2012

Yeah that is the major distinctions between the two. They're both raptors so at least you're in the right ballpark if you get that far.

schuss · July 2012

The one on the left is Jim, and the other one is Marty.

Veevee · July 2012

schuss wrote: »

The one on the left is Jim, and the other one is Marty.

Winner winner, chicken(hawk) dinner

Delzhand · July 2012

I saw one of these outside my window last week, and all I got was a shitty iphone photo before it flew off. I was sad.

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