JCRBackCountry 1 Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 Location: Hampton CT Date: September 1, 2019 Any thoughts as to what type of hawk this is? The tail narrows it down to a few suspects.. My thought is perhaps a juv. Red-shouldered. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kerri 362 Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 I agree with juvenile red shouldered. You can just see hints of those red shoulders starting. Adults would have a fine orange barring on the chest and prominent white and black checkering on the wings. They are a fairly large hawk especially the females. I have an adult that lives in my swamp. She snacks on all sorts of swamp creatures including snakes, crawdads and frogs. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JCRBackCountry 1 Posted September 5, 2019 Author Share Posted September 5, 2019 Thanks for the input! This was a very similar environment to what you described and I agree with the hints of red in the shoulders. Young hawks are challenging to identify! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
akandula 2,804 Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 I am leaning Broad-winged on this one. Red-shouldered, from my knowledge, would have pale barred secondaries and usually be leaner and have more crisp streaks on the underside. Also, I would think Red-shouldered would have a thinner banded tail. I do see red-tinted shoulders, but Broad-winged also show this, so this is not a very good ID feature. Maybe @The Bird Nuts, who is good at separating these two species, can confirm one way or the other. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Bird Nuts 4,312 Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 Yeah, my impression is Broad-winged as well. The sparse breast streaking also points to Broad-winged. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kerri 362 Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 @JCRBackCountry sorry for the misidentification. Thank you @akandula@The Bird Nuts :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JCRBackCountry 1 Posted September 6, 2019 Author Share Posted September 6, 2019 No worries, I agreed with your thoughts. Thanks for all the good ID info from everyone. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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