jayD Posted November 20 Share Posted November 20 Any ideas on this hawk I saw in the bear paw mountains in northern Montana? 11/15/23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexHenry Posted November 20 Share Posted November 20 Red-tailed Hawk 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Friedman Posted November 20 Share Posted November 20 Looks like an intermediate-morph juvenile Red-tail to me. The large amount of white mottling suggests Harlan's, but maybe the dark throat and warmish brown color don't so much. Do you have any better shots of the tail or anything with the open wings? 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Friedman Posted November 20 Share Posted November 20 (edited) I should add that other pictures would only be helpful if you're interested in whether the subspecies is Harlan's or Western (and if you are, maybe an expert could tell even without other pictures). Edited November 20 by Jerry Friedman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayD Posted November 22 Author Share Posted November 22 two days later i got these pics, i'm not sure if it is the same bird or not but i got the wing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Friedman Posted November 22 Share Posted November 22 I feel the second bird is a Harlan's, and I'd be surprised if it wasn't the same bird. The primaries, especially the outermost ones, banded to the tips are good for juvenile dark and intermediate Harlan's. It doesn't have the pale markings on the tips of the tail feathers, but I think some Harlan's don't have that. See this thread for a very similar bird: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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