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Jerry Friedman Posted October 27 Share Posted October 27 Well, not just. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted October 27 Share Posted October 27 (edited) <insert oft-repeated rant about using 'just' to describe a bird> RTHA, but please don't ask me which sub. Edited October 27 by Charlie Spencer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted October 27 Author Share Posted October 27 6 hours ago, Jerry Friedman said: Well, not just. 6 hours ago, Charlie Spencer said: <insert oft-repeated rant about using 'just' to describe a bird> RTHA, but please don't ask me which sub. Yeah, I shouldn't use "just", but the is the first white headed Hawk I have ever seen. So when I was taking the photos my mind went to rough-legged, thus when I saw my pics on the computer, it was "just" a Red-tailed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted October 27 Author Share Posted October 27 Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hasan Posted October 27 Share Posted October 27 (edited) Any other photos? Particularly showing tail pattern? Edited October 27 by Hasan 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed hogg Posted October 28 Share Posted October 28 I think that this is a Krider's Red-tailed Hawk. It is pale enough and the weird malar stripe rules out most other hawk species. Macaulay Library ML134465691 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted October 28 Author Share Posted October 28 5 hours ago, Hasan said: Any other photos? Particularly showing tail pattern? No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Friedman Posted October 28 Share Posted October 28 2 hours ago, Ed hogg said: I think that this is a Krider's Red-tailed Hawk. It is pale enough and the weird malar stripe rules out most other hawk species. Macaulay Library ML134465691 That seems like a strong possibility to me, but I don't know how you'd rule out something like leucism from these photos. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted October 28 Share Posted October 28 Belly looks pretty light to me, probably not Rough-legged. Isn't Krider's more northern great plains? I stay away from subspecies mostly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Friedman Posted October 29 Share Posted October 29 6 hours ago, Quiscalus quiscula said: Belly looks pretty light to me, probably not Rough-legged. Isn't Krider's more northern great plains? I stay away from subspecies mostly. According to eBird, Krider's is most common in winter in the lower Mississippi Valley but can certainly occur in East Texas. Incidentally, the Raptor ID people on Facebook, who I'm always mentioning, say light-morph Harlan's can look a lot like Krider's. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hasan Posted October 29 Share Posted October 29 37 minutes ago, Jerry Friedman said: Incidentally, the Raptor ID people on Facebook, who I'm always mentioning, say light-morph Harlan's can look a lot like Krider's. Yes, exactly, which is why I asked for a shot of the tail. This bird is not identifiable to subspecies, though I'm personally not really buying it as a Krider's. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nivalis Posted October 29 Share Posted October 29 Red-tails confuse me profoundly... But I agree that this is one 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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