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Photo by KarenSaxton
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Field Notes

Description:

medium brown hawk

Habitat:

river''s edge

Species ID Suggestions

Snail Kite

Rostrhamus sociabilis

Reference Link
Daniel-CR
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Comments (14)
ChristyHolland
Try this...I think if I type too much it cuts some off!! ;-) And Central America is part of North America! (It's also part of Latin America which is South Am & Central Am...confusing!) http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8627557
KarenSaxton
This one is in central america - but I do have some from N America
ChristyHolland
What a striking hawk, Karen!! Great shot! I know you've got some wonderful raptor photos (some that I drool over!), and Project Noah has recently increased the boundaries of the mission "Raptors of Colorado" to include all of North America, and is now called (drumroll please!) "Raptors of North America". I would love it if you would consider adding this and any other raptor spottings (birds of prey) to the following: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8... Thank you!
KarenSaxton
I would love to know as well. I remember a few names being bandied about, but as it was rainy, I didn't have a notepad with me on the boat
Sam5
Wonderful pic. I don't know a lot about the raptors in that area, but it has similar markings to the female snails kites I've seen in FL. Snail Kites have ruby red eyes, a long hooked beak w/a yellow cere, females are mottled brown, and the tail has a white teminal band. Hope you find out what it is.
KarenSaxton
Thank you, I'll wait just a little longer before updating. Maybe someone else will have the id
Liam
Looks like a juvenile Common Black Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus). I could be wrong, though.
KarenSaxton
The other "NOAA" isn't forecasting the really high winds. I think they'll blow themselves out on the North Coast - then drop you some rain
HemaShah
We are on the same side of the coast .It should all be coming our way!!
KarenSaxton
Oh, we need water too... badly. But we do not need the hurricane force winds, and we didn't need the bit of snow, or the dry freezing weather we had for over a month, broken by two days and 4 inches of rain ... crazy weather for us
HemaShah
We ear expecting rains in San Francisco too. We need them.
KarenSaxton
It was lovely and I want to turn around and go back! We're having stormy weather on the Oregon coast
HemaShah
looks like you just came back from Costa rica, How was your trip?

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Birds of the World
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Paso Pacifico Survey
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Birds of Panama and Costa Rica
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Global Flight
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PublishedJanuary 19, 2012

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