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I live in NY (specifically western Long Island and about 2 miles away from a nature preserve) and have a rather large hawk visiting my yard on a regular basis for the past two weeks.  Yesterday, from my kitchen window--about 20 ft away--I witnessed it kill a mourning dove on the ground beneath one the feeders.  (All the other birds, as ...

Unknown accipiter --can anyone give clues without a photo?  Its solid medium gray underside and lack of underside barring or streaking has us puzzled. SEEN:  06-12-08  7 p.m. Suburb of North Indianapolis Indiana backyard --standing on the ground with grackles and robins diving and screaming at it.  This area has some ...

Hi all!  Great site!  I don't have a picture YET but I'm on a mission to find out what kind of hawk this may be.  Everything I have seen points to a Rufous morph of a Broadwing.  BUT this guy is HUGE. From my vantage point at the time I was just above when he flew by. He hangs out in a culvert for a run off creek right out ...