I'll go with a Gyr also.? This bird looks too stocky to be a Peregrine.? Nice photo!

Rolan Nelson
Fircrest, WA
rnbuffle at yahoo.com

--- On Fri, 4/6/12, Nancy Wagner <nancy at nancywagnerphotography.com> wrote:


From: Nancy Wagner <nancy at nancywagnerphotography.com>
Subject: [Tweeters] Is this a peregrine or a goshawk?
To: "tweeters at u.washington.edu" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Date: Friday, April 6, 2012, 11:44 AM



I?ve been looking for sandhill cranes near Othello, and got lucky enough to see what I think is a goshawk in the fields just east of Othello. I saw it yesterday. I thought it was a large, stocky red-tailed hawk at first glance, and almost kept going. But I decided to get a closer look, and was so excited when I looked through my lens to see that big brown eye and telltale mustache! Question is, I?m unsure what I?ve seen?is it a peregrine or a goshawk?so I?d appreciate any feedback. I didn?t see the white behind the eye the prairie falcon has, so I eliminated that possibility. I posted a photo on my blog at:

http://nancywagnerphotography.blogspot.com/2012/04/which-falcon.html

Thanks!

Nancy Wagner
Bothell, WA
Nancy AT nancywagnerphotography.com

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