Hawk not gone!! Better Pictures Look!! LOOK!!

16 years ago

Hey everyone the hawk is not gone. I got four new pictures with links. They are a little blurry but you can still see the colors and shape. You let me know what you guys think it is.

http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee41/mariaerosselle/Random068.jpg

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Elly_NJ
16 years ago
It helps to let us know in which state you are located, and which habitat.
mariaesills
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16 years ago
I live in College Park, MD. Which is a basically a college city in Prince Georges County, MD. Lots of buildings and lots of people.
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richardzone7maryland
16 years ago
The pictures are rather blurry. If I had to guess I would say a red tail hawk. You should probably check some bird id sites to see if you can't find a picture of a hawk that looks like yours. A good place to start is the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. The URL is below. The Patuxent Wildlife Research Center is actually real close to where you are, its also in Prince Georges County, in the Greenbelt/Laurel area.

Here is a link that might be useful: Bird ID Center
sterna
16 years ago
Looks like a Red Tailed Hawk to me. I can see a distinctive belly band.
Note that only adult Red tailed hawks have a red tail.
mariaesills
Original Author
16 years ago
Are you sure this hawk is not adult size? His wing span now is at least 3.5-4' wide, that to me means adult. All the guides I have read about raptors since first seeing this Hawk was that the young ones are hard to tell apart but the adults of each species have distince characteristics that help identify them. From seeing him in my tree right in front of my face, I thought my god, he comes up above my knee cap, clearly a tall hawk which is what brought me to the goshawk, my neighbor thinks that it is a goshawk as well, but I am going to have to get a better picture for you guys to help me positively identify him. I do like that all of you know alot about raptors, that is really awesome. I will post more pictures soon. Thank you guys!
Elly_NJ
16 years ago
It's not a Goshawk, and that is for sure.
richardzone7maryland
16 years ago
Young birds, including hawks, are the same size as the parents when they leave the nest or fledge. Many young birds do have different feather colors and patterns than adult birds. A first year red-tailed hawk does not yet have a red tail. There is wide variation in the color pattern of red-tailed hawks so it is often hard to tell them apart from other buteos.

Richard
birding_nut
16 years ago
Sure looks like a Red-tailed Hawk to me. That belly band is quite distinctive.

BN
craig76
16 years ago
My guess would also be a red tail judging by the shape. Hawks of the same species come in a wild range of color patterns.I can only bring up your first picture. The head is hard to make out.
luc_quebec
16 years ago
I agree with all others, an Red-tailes Hawk.

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