Hawk ID needed
August 22, 2007 · Print This Article
*UPDATE*
The verdict is in! The first three pictures are a juvenile Peregrine Falcon, and the final four are of an adult Broad-Winged Hawk. Many thanks go out to those who offered their input via email and in the comments section of this article. Thank you all!!
These two species of Hawk have me baffled, although I have my ideas on what they are. I put it to our readers to suggest what they think they are. Simply click “Comments” at the end of this article and submit your guess.
The pictures were taken at Granite Point near Biddeford Pool, Maine. The area is a marsh/coastal habitat. The first 3 pictures of the Hawk in flight are one species and the final 4 of the perched Hawk is the second species.
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Looking through Sibley the only bird that matches the facial marking on the first one is a Peregrine Falcon, but the last thing I would pose as is an expert in raptor identification. I shot this hawk
http://www.flickr.com/photos/daveinmaine/1198824929/
yesterday at the Zak Preserve in Boothbay, and am going with juvenile Broad-winged Hawk based on advice from the ID help group at Flickr, but I am not confident and it people are putting on their raptor thinking caps I would like to sponge off some of that help
My vote is for Peregrine Falcon and Broad-winged Hawk
The first one is a juvie peregrine falcon. It resembles the image for the Tundra form in the big Sibley.
The second looks like a broad-winged hawk, but I do not have enough experience with that species to be certain.
The first bird is a juvenile Peregrine falcon.
I’m still thinking on the second one… maybe a broad-winged, but I was originally leaning toward a red-shouldered. Not a juvenile, though — the barring is too fine and extensive.
I agree with Peregrine and Broad-winged, but I am no hawk expert either.
Definitely Peregrine Falcon and Broad-winged Hawk; no mistaking the wide tail bands of the second species. Great pics.
I agree:Peregrine Falcon and Broad-winged Hawk.