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Red-tailed or Red-shouldered Hawk?
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Claude Lyneis
Last Saturday, when I photographed the Loggerhead Shrike at McLaughlin Park, I also saw a large Hawk land well up in a Eucalyptus tree. When I looked at the photos I first thought it was a Red-shouldered Hawk, but the white on the breast made me think it was a Red-tailed Hawk. What do you think?
Here is the link. https://flic.kr/p/2keEyF2
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Alvaro Jaramillo
Claude That distinct paler breast “shield” is a Red-tailed Hawk feature, and more marked on young birds. Yours is an adult, the brown eyes help to age the bird, they are yellow in the juvenile Red-tailed. In all ages western Red-shouldered Hawks have much more evenly marked underparts, without a contrasting pale area in the breast. Alvaro
From: EBB-Sightings@groups.io <EBB-Sightings@groups.io> On Behalf Of Claude Lyneis
Sent: Monday, December 7, 2020 11:07 PM To: East Bay Birds <ebb-sightings@groups.io> Subject: [EBB-Sightings] Red-tailed or Red-shouldered Hawk?
Last Saturday, when I photographed the Loggerhead Shrike at McLaughlin Park, I also saw a large Hawk land well up in a Eucalyptus tree. When I looked at the photos I first thought it was a Red-shouldered Hawk, but the white on the breast made me think it was a Red-tailed Hawk. What do you think?
Here is the link. https://flic.kr/p/2keEyF2
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