Usha Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 These photos were taken on 1/5/19 at camp Verde, Arizona. We saw the raptor across the street from a busy highway. Could not get better views than this. Appreciate your help with ID. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelodger14 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 location and white tail make a Harris Hawk a good candidate for this difficult photo . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Usha Posted January 17, 2020 Author Share Posted January 17, 2020 12 hours ago, thelodger14 said: location and white tail make a Harris Hawk a good candidate for this difficult photo . Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexHenry Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 This is a tough photo, I'm not sure if Red-tailed Hawk can be ruled out. In this perched position the wings seem pretty long, which leads me to think Harris's Hawk can perhaps be ruled out as a possibility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Leukering Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Yes, Harris's is ruled out by the long wings (extending to tail tip), as that species, being essentially non-migratory, has relatively short wings. Additionally, the tail's color pattern is reversed fro that of Harris's. However, this could be a dark morph of either Red-tailed or Ferruginous hawks, and that's as precise as I can be, given the photos. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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