Both birds appear to me to be Red-tailed Hawks.

Michael Dossett
Bothell, WA
phainopepla at yahoo.com

--- Ilene Samowitz <ilenesamowitz at attbi.com> wrote:
> Tweets and OBOL,
>
> I just returned home from the WOS conference and
> then a trip to Malheur. It
> was fantastic. Hopefully, I will get to write a
> trip report soon. On the
> way home, I encountered this hawk feeding its young
> in John Day Fossil Bed
> area in Wheeler county, OR along 207 in the Service
> Creek area. I
> encountered three birds in the area as well as the
> baby. I didn't attempt
> pictures of the hawks circling but never saw a
> red-tail. I thought these to
> be Swainson's. Am I correct? Pictures taken during
> windy conditions with
> my Nikon 990 and Leica Scope (20-60x)lens.
>
> The photos can be viewed at
> http://photos.yahoo.com/rockawaybirder album
> birds subalbum hawkid.
>
> Ilene Samowitz
> Seattle, WA
>
>
>


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