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What type of bird is this....

PostBy: PC 12-47E On: Tue Dec 29, 2009 8:31 pm

This Christmas Eve visitor in our yard sure looked like a baby Bald Eagle to us but we want to know your thoughts....he is HUGE!! :shock:

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Re: What type of bird is this....

PostBy: mr1precision On: Tue Dec 29, 2009 8:43 pm

It looks like a red tailed hawk to me.
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Re: What type of bird is this....

PostBy: PC 12-47E On: Tue Dec 29, 2009 8:56 pm

Two more pics..... :?:
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Re: What type of bird is this....

PostBy: 009to090 On: Tue Dec 29, 2009 8:58 pm

Red-tailed Hawk. They eat our chickens :mad: :mad:
If he is sitting that close to you, he is eyeing up your cat or something tasty.
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Re: What type of bird is this....

PostBy: PC 12-47E On: Tue Dec 29, 2009 9:04 pm

It's all making more sense now.....the neighbor"s Yorkshire Terrier named "Pudding" went missing recently - uh-oh!! :oops2:
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PostBy: 009to090 On: Tue Dec 29, 2009 9:07 pm

PC 12-47E wrote:It's all making more sense now.....the neighbor"s Yorkshire Terrier named "Pudding" went missing recently - uh-oh!! :oops2:

Oooops! Pudding.... yum-yum ;)
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PostBy: PC 12-47E On: Tue Dec 29, 2009 9:11 pm

There's nothing like Yorkshire Pudding for the holidays!!
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PostBy: 009to090 On: Tue Dec 29, 2009 9:12 pm

HAHA LOL :shh: :nono:
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Re: What type of bird is this....

PostBy: bear creek burnout On: Tue Dec 29, 2009 9:13 pm

Red Tailed Hawks....Yorkshire pudding @ Christmas.....sounds just about right....... :gee: ....I wonder.....
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Re: What type of bird is this....

PostBy: tvb On: Tue Dec 29, 2009 9:13 pm

PC 12-47E wrote:There's nothing like Yorkshire Pudding for the holidays!!


Ohhhh, you are bad, but very very funny :P :lol:
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Re: What type of bird is this....

PostBy: WNY On: Tue Dec 29, 2009 9:50 pm

My wife said a GOSS HAWK or Goshawk?

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http://sdakotabirds.com/species/norther ... k_info.htm
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Re: What type of bird is this....

PostBy: 009to090 On: Tue Dec 29, 2009 10:02 pm

WNY wrote:My wife said a GOSS HAWK or Goshawk?

Here a link
http://sdakotabirds.com/species/norther ... k_info.htm

Yep, could be....
I zoomed in on the tail of the first pic, and I still think its a Red Tail.....
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Re: What type of bird is this....

PostBy: tvb On: Tue Dec 29, 2009 10:28 pm

WNY wrote:My wife said a GOSS HAWK or Goshawk?

Here a link
http://sdakotabirds.com/species/norther ... k_info.htm


I thought so too but it would be really unusual to see a goshawk this time of year in Maine. They are there in the summer but haven't yet discovered coal heat so they migrate a bit south to about MD and VA during the winter.
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Re: What type of bird is this....

PostBy: Cap On: Wed Dec 30, 2009 12:10 am

That's a Broad Winged Hawk. See Wikapedia.
I see this hawk almost everyday as I drive along highways.
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Re: What type of bird is this....

PostBy: RMA On: Wed Dec 30, 2009 1:14 am

Red Tailed Hawk

The "Red" of the Red-tailed Hawk is most easily seen when it is soaring on a sunny day.
As the Hawk turns or wheels you will see the chestnut patch at the tail highlighted by the sun.
This bird looks rather young.

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