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Started by basic, Jun 19 2012 01:59 PM

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#1 basic

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Posted 19 June 2012 - 01:59 PM

sorry for the poor quality - photographed through our dining room window with an iphone.
date: june 16,2012
location: eden prairie,mn
Bird appeared to be about 18 inches in height.

This bird has been hanging out in our yard for sometime. Has been getting closer to the house (we live on a pond and a heavily wooded area - lots of small animals and other birds including owls,hawks,etc). We originally thought this was a hawk but digging deeper, particularly given the chest markings, I am wondering if it is a peregrine falcon.

thank you for looking.


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#2 fisherman1313

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Posted 19 June 2012 - 06:42 PM

I'm having trouble coming up with a match, but I can tell you it is not a Peregrin. I know I've seen one of these before but I just can't remember where. I'm positive this is not a native. You might want to check with the local zoos to see if they have had any recent escapes.

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Posted 19 June 2012 - 06:50 PM

not a peregrine. Maybe a broad-winged hawk. but get another opinion

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Posted 19 June 2012 - 06:53 PM

Yeah, looks like a broad-winged hawk.

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Posted 19 June 2012 - 07:17 PM

I thought it looked to gray for a Broad-winged and the bill looked to large, but I could be wrong.

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Posted 19 June 2012 - 07:23 PM

One more for Broad-winged Hawk. Look at that heavily marked chest. Fisherman, I'm thinking the gray tones you are seeing is just because of the lighting in the pic, and the bill looks fine, IMO.
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Posted 19 June 2012 - 08:02 PM

Another vote for Broad-Winged in poor lighting.
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Posted 19 June 2012 - 08:26 PM

Thanks - appreciate the feedback and the opinions.

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Posted 20 June 2012 - 04:13 AM

I'm thinking the gray tones you are seeing is just because of the lighting in the pic, and the bill looks fine, IMO.


I can buy that. It reminded me of a bird I'd seen in a foreign field guide but, for the life of me, I can't remember which bird or which country.

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Get my lifelist to 300 (currently 293)
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Favorite Recent Bird(s):Yellow-breasted Chat, Knights Ferry Rec Area, Knights Ferry, CA, 5/20/13; Blue-winged Teal (Pair), Peregrine Falcon, Sanderling (3),Franklin's Gull (9), Modesto Wastewater Treatment Facility, Modesto, CA, 5/12/13, MacGillivray's Warber, Adair Rd., Modesto, CA, 5/5/13, Long-eared Owl, Mercy Hot Springs, Fresno County, CA, 4/29/13, Lawrwnce's Goldfinch, Panoche Shool, San Benito County, CA, 4/29/13,Lawrwnce's Goldfinch, McHenry Rec Area, Escalon, CA, 4/21/13, Snowy Plover, Modesto Water Treatment Plant, Modesto, CA, 4/14/13, Blue-winged Teal, Redhead, San Luis NWR, Merced County, CA, 3/11/13, Eurasian Wigeon, American Bittern, Santa Fe Grade Rd., Merced County,, CA, 3/9/13

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