What a pleasant surprise!

Relative to accipiters, Broad-winged might be called
Broad-tailed hawk. Note the proportionately much
shorter, broader tail in this pose compared to accipiters
on the web.

This comparison works for Steller's Eagle vs. Bald Eagle as well.
Older Steller's can have white heads, but have proportionately
very short tails.

Bob OBrien PDX


On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 8:30 AM, littlebirder <littlebirder at pacifier.com>
wrote:


> Broad-winged Hawk

>

>

>

> Sherry Hagen

> Vancouver, WA

> littlebirder at gmail.com

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> Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone

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> -------- Original message --------

> From: Alexandra MacKenzie <mizmak at gmail.com>

> Date: 2/8/18 8:09 AM (GMT-08:00)

> To: tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>

> Subject: [Tweeters] Need Raptor ID Help

>

> In Sep 2014 I took a photo of a hawk at Magnuson Park in Seattle and

> posted it on Flickr as a Cooper's Hawk. Recently a birder commented that

> he thought it was a Broad-winged Hawk. I thought that unlikely but am now

> confused by his field mark comments. The photo and comments may be found

> here:

> https://www.flickr.com/photos/mizmak/15199769280/

>

> If the experts can weigh in, I'd greatly appreciate it.

>

> Thank you,

> Alex MacKenzie

> Seattle

> mizmak at gmail.com

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