tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post7844341909145695361..comments2023-10-08T17:08:18.685-07:00Comments on Birds: What Is This Hawk?Linda Finkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01021136257176196322noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-81532890699872067362012-09-17T17:09:39.842-07:002012-09-17T17:09:39.842-07:00Everyone said the same thing, but many with explan...Everyone said the same thing, but many with explanations. Thanks to all! Here are some of the comments: <br /><br />Buteo shape and brightly banded tail RSHA<br /><br />This has to be an im. Red-shouldered Hawk, with the coarse ventral markings, wing markings and banded tail.<br /><br />It is a young Red-shouldered Hawk. That is based on the heavily marked, blotchy under-parts, and the well-banded tail.<br /><br />You describe it as sitting in a very upright position. This is classic Red-shouldered. More than other Buteos they are inclined to perch on utility wires (Red-taileds do this only occasionally) and when they do they sit in an almost perfectly vertical position often looking straight down. <br /><br />Primarily because of the barred underparts, tail marked by several wide dark bars with intervening narrow white bars ending with an apparent white tip, and lesser upperwing coverts that look rusty to me.<br /><br />"Our" Red-shouldered Hawks in Oregon are nearly all of the California subspecies, which has recently expanded its range north. Adult plumage is distinguishably different from that of eastern ssps., but still readily recognizable as a Red-shoulder. Immature plumages are quite a bit different, enough that someone using a guide with eastern focus, or online photos without specifying ssp., could easily get confused.<br />Linda Finkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01021136257176196322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3447840137717824621.post-58229494531505698372012-09-17T09:50:40.456-07:002012-09-17T09:50:40.456-07:00Immature Red-shouldered.Immature Red-shouldered.Alan Contrerashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05151043022057689513noreply@blogger.com