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Cannot ID these little hawks I see frequently when I am driving in NYS: darker tan or brown back (?solid?), white underside w/brown spots, hawk-shaped, curved beak, about 14 in. long, often perches in scraggy tree near open roadside. Whatbird came up with Prairie hawk, which looks right but does not live here, or Merlin, with gray-blue back ...

I saw and photographed this raptor, yesterday, but find that my field guides are not very helpful. I reasonably certain that I glimpsed a white band on the top of the base of its tail in flight just before this photo; however, Kaufman's field guide says that Northern Harriers have yellow eyes, while this one has red. Is it a female Northern ...

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 this is my first post here. I have recently started taking pictures of birds and need a little help to build my assurance that my guesses are close to what they are. At first I thought this was a Praire Falcon but then I saw one and it doesn't have the black mustache on it's face. Now I'm not sure what this is. This was taken in PA. ...

I'm pretty new to bird watching and am very excited to have joined this online birding community.  I live in Central-Eastern NJ.  My usual feeder guests this time of year include chickadees (a favorite), white-throated sparrows, house sparrows, red faced finches that I figure are house finches or purple finches (still can't ...

I was taking pictures of some very noisy blue jays hiding in a bush when this beauty landed VERY nearby on a fence!  The lighting was pretty crappy and I was shaking with excitement, so my pictures aren't as sharp as possible...  Would love to have some help IDing this guy/gal.  I think it might be a sharp shinned hawk - ...

These birds I’m unable to identify. I took photographs of them & posted them at my site: http://birdsoasis.wordpress.com/2008/03/01/unidentified-birds-of-new-york-long-island/ *Note- These birds were photographed in my yard, the ducks were by the lake near my home & the falcon in a feild. ……………………………………………………………………………………………… Sizes ...

I'd been seeing him/her around, soaring, hunting, perched...I kept thinking there was more than one of them---but I couldn't be sure.  Today, I'm sure.  I saw them both.  Together!   I've never seen that before.  Does anybody know, is this a life-time partnership or just a 'here today gone tomorrow' ...