Mark Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 This was this past Saturday, 20 Apr, about mid-morning at Lackland, AFB here in San Antonio. He was at a distance, so my camera pulled him in only so much. I was driving from one spot to the next when I spotted him just soaring around. I initially thought it was a red-tail until I got home and downloaded the pics. No not so sure. The coloration of the wings seem to match up with the pics I have seen of Swainson's, but not sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kms15 Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 Looks like a Swainson's to me. The light chest and belly, with the dark banding on the ends of the primaries and secondaries, as well as the tail is Swainson's. Red tail, when two-toned like this is dark head, chest and belly, with a large white band across the primaries and secondaries (and a very thin dark band at the very tips of the feathers), red-tails don't have the dark band at the end of the tail feathers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor L. Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 I second Swainson’s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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