bobolink2014 Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 I seemed to capture my first Short-tailed Hawk. That was great. It caught my eye as it was being chased. In the northeast I'm used to seeing hawks chased by solitary mockingbirds or groups of grackles. At first I thought it could be swifts but that didn't make sense. On later looking at these pictures , it seems to be swallows - perhaps tree swallows?, which I haven't seen before. Does anyone have a description of what is going on? Also, Short-tailed Hawk pictures have the more browns spots on the lower parts of the feathers. These pictures show all white. It is a bad picture, or a type of morph? Thanks s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerMaeve Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Yes, it is a Short-tailed Hawk (from what I know) but the little guys I don't know. Sorry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuftedTitrat Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 On 12/12/2018 at 7:33 PM, MerMaeve said: Yes, it is a Short-tailed Hawk (from what I know) but the little guys I don't know. Sorry! Could they be swallows? They do look rather small, and the one in the second picture appears to possibly be flying like one? Northern Rough-Wings? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egosnell2002 Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Yeah the Swallows look like Tree to me, might be a Barn right behind it in the first one, but pretty tough to call from that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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