tags: Swainson's Hawk, Buteo swainsoni, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery birds] Swainson's Hawk, Buteo swainsoni, photographed near Anahuac Wildlife Refuge, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 29 March 2009 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with tsn-pz camera eyepiece 1/1500s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.
Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification.
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I think that's a light adult Swainson's hawk. Going by Sibley: "slender buteo", "relatively long tail", "long and fairly pointed wings", "dark remiges", and "dark chest".
Yeah, but can you give me a name for this species?
http://www.yearofscience2009.org/themes_ocean_water/general/jellyfish.h…
Yeah, but can you give me a name for this species?
http://www.yearofscience2009.org/themes_ocean_water/general/jellyfish.h…
Yeah, but can you give me a name for this species?
http://www.yearofscience2009.org/themes_ocean_water/general/jellyfish.h…
Yeah, but can you give me a name for this species?
http://www.yearofscience2009.org/themes_ocean_water/general/jellyfish.h…
I too say Light morph Swainson's. "White throat, rufous bib" But especially the white belly, and white coverts, with dark remiges. Texas is right too.
That's a nice shot. I'm saying light morph Swainson's Hawk too for the same reasons as above.