Ves Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 (edited) Seen July 26, 2016 in southcentral Kansas, in an open habitat by a lake. This is a pretty old observation, but I recently got iNaturalist and put a bunch of old stuff on there, and this one sparked some interest! I have always assumed this was a Red-tailed Hawk, because there seems to be a patagial showing and a bit of a bellyband, (I was also told this bird was a red-tailed hawk by some others long ago) but a few on iNaturalist believe Swainson's Hawk, which I could see why with that dark chest and such. So I am unsure now if this is an oddly marked Swainson's (they don't show patagial marks as far as I know, unless that's not a patagial mark I'm seeing?), or an oddly marked Red-tailed ahah, so I thought I would come here for more opinions! " Thank you all in advance for any help! inaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19341886 Edited January 19, 2019 by Ves 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvoryBillHope Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 Red-tailed Hawk is correct. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird Brain Posted January 19, 2019 Share Posted January 19, 2019 I agree with Red-tailed due to the dark patigals and belly band. Red-tailed are the most variable of all the hawks. They show a wide variation in color patterns, and can just about drive a birder crazy at times! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ves Posted January 19, 2019 Author Share Posted January 19, 2019 Thank you guys!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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