Gry Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Spotted today in Green Bay, WI... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexHenry Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Red-tailed Hawk - bulky bird with relatively long wings and short tail, (compared to say a Cooper’s Hawk), the streak of brown markings across the belly (“belly band”), mostly plain brown upperparts with a speckling white speckling in a patch on the scapulars - and since it’s an adult, a mostly unstreaked tail 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 Yes, Red-tailed Hawk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bird Nuts Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 I agree with Red-tailed, but I'm not sure it's an adult. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Friedman Posted October 30, 2021 Share Posted October 30, 2021 55 minutes ago, The Bird Nuts said: I agree with Red-tailed, but I'm not sure it's an adult. I'm pretty sure the eye is dark, which makes it an adult. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gry Posted October 31, 2021 Author Share Posted October 31, 2021 3 hours ago, Jerry Friedman said: I'm pretty sure the eye is dark, which makes it an adult. I'm not sure how light a juvenile's eye is vs an adult, but I found one of my other pictures had a little better view of the eye. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Friedman Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 11 hours ago, Gry said: I'm not sure how light a juvenile's eye is vs an adult, but I found one of my other pictures had a little better view of the eye. Hm, well... Now that you mention it, here's one I saw yesterday. It seems to be in adult plumage but has an eye between light and dark. I believe I've read that birds like that probably hatched last year. Whether you want to call them adult or not is another question. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenesnake Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 (edited) The eye color on a Red-tailed Hawk turns dark gradually as they reach adulthood. So a bird can be fully molted into adult plumage but still have light eyes. If a Red-tail has dark eyes then its an adult. If it has light eyes it could either be a juvenile or a young adult. Edited November 2, 2021 by Greenesnake 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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