MSK Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 on Jan 26, 2020, in Harriman State Park, I photographed 3 birds on a pole that looked like giant pigeons. Dark grey wings, light grey chest. They had some black spots on the wings. They were the size of a red tailed hawk. I cannot identify them, can you help? I tried to post a pic but was unable to. I have one in flight and 3 on the pole. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonestranger Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 (edited) If you copy and paste(or drag and drop) your images right into the message box, they should upload(I think) and would greatly help with IDing your mystery bird. Edited February 16, 2020 by lonestranger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Friedman Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Welcome to Whatbird! You can also upload your pictures to a hosting service such as Flickr or Imgur and paste the links here. Also, it would be helpful if you said what state that park is in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 (edited) Welcome! Size can be very difficult to judge. I had this exact same issue yesterday, a bird on a line shaped like a pigeon but it -appeared- to be the size of a Red-tailed. A quick check with the binos showed it was just another Mourning Dove. Edited February 17, 2020 by Charlie Spencer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millipede Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 2 hours ago, Charlie Spencer said: Size can be very difficult to judge. indeed... someone actually argued with me on a local FB group about a bird they saw... insisted it was a woodpecker that was "at least" 3 feet tall... and, bigger than a bald eagle. Could you imagine the drilling of a bird that size? HA. 3 hours ago, Jerry Friedman said: Also, it would be helpful if you said what state that park is in. Looks like NY... Hopefully you can get some pictures up as that would indeed help. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigeon Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Does this resemble what you saw? A blue checker domestic pigeon. https://www.google.com/search?q=blue+check+pigeons&oq=blue+check+pigeons&aqs=chrome..69i57j0.11358j0j7&client=tablet-android-samsung-nf-rev1&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8#imgrc=hKeR3I1sMwmqHM: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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