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This speedy predator landed in a tree across from the house back in '05. Who knows him?
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Too hard to tell. Mostly silhouette. Plumage is hard to see. (No slur intended on your photography skills). If you remember the plumage, and can get a refrence, lookup sparrowhawk or kestrel. Hope this helps. Joe 0 -
It's a little large and not colorful enough to be a kestrel.
It's in the size range for, and looks to me like a kite, merlin or falcon.
What part of the country and what time of year?0 -
To spurge: there's a healthy thunderstorm brewing a few miles away. My assumption would be mid-late summer? Don't know the location, though. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by givette
Too hard to tell. Mostly silhouette. Plumage is hard to see. (No slur intended on your photography skills). If you remember the plumage, and can get a refrence, lookup sparrowhawk or kestrel. Hope this helps. Joe
I already know what it is, Joe. The middle picture is pretty revealing. The plummage is very light, as it appears, and the tail darker. It's in the panhandle of Texas, in August. You ought to be able to nail this one!
Clue: 11 letters in first name, but only 4 letters of the alphabet are used.[:D]0 -
Mississippi Kite ?
PHOTO LINK:
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/species/kites/0 -
Peregrin Falcon? 0 -
mississippi kite +1[:D] 0 -
Can't see the photo, but kestrels are the smallest falcons; kites, merlins and other falcons are larger. Mississippi kites are pretty common in the panhandle and nest in Palo Duro Canyon among other places. 0
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