Rare subspecies of Red Tailed Hawk

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  • brewmaster15
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    • Apr 2002
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    • Northford,CT,USA

    Rare subspecies of Red Tailed Hawk

    Found a rare subspecies of hawk... Red tailed Headless hawk..

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    Its a very rare subspecies related to Red Tailed Hawks.
    If you compare to the following red tailed hawk pics I think you can clearly see the differences.

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  • chelltom
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    • Dec 2019
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    • Tom

    #2
    Nice.. Have tons of hawks around here in North MS . Very Majestic looking

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    • Iminit
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      • Mar 2020
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      • Tom

      #3
      I think he’s from sleepy hollow! Probably rode on the shoulder of that horseman.

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      • Second Hand Pat
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        • Sep 2010
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        • Pat

        #4
        Beautiful hawk Al, seems to have a lot of white on the chest?
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        • brewmaster15
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          • Apr 2002
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          #5
          Originally posted by Second Hand Pat
          Beautiful hawk Al, seems to have a lot of white on the chest?
          Pat
          Thanks Pat. They can have significant variability and theres also light morphs and winter plummage differences..

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          One of the key features is the belly band...the darker feathers in a band across the middle.



          This is a good read on their plummage.



          In the North East we see alot of pale forms in the winter.
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          • Second Hand Pat
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            #6
            I am not sure I have seem a pale form here Al. I will check some of my photos. The ones around the house are darker.
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            • Second Hand Pat
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              #7
              What is this guy Al?

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              • brewmaster15
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                • Apr 2002
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                #8
                Originally posted by Second Hand Pat
                What is this guy Al?

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                I believe thats a red Shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus)

                Whether wheeling over a swamp forest or whistling plaintively from a riverine park, a Red-shouldered Hawk is typically a sign of tall woods and water. It’s one of our most distinctively marked common hawks, with barred reddish-peachy underparts and a strongly banded tail. In flight, translucent crescents near the wingtips help to identify the species at a distance. These forest hawks hunt prey ranging from mice to frogs and snakes.



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                • Second Hand Pat
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                  #9
                  Thanks Al for the id. I need to pay more attention so I can id them correctly.
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                  • brewmaster15
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                    • Apr 2002
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                    #10
                    Pat sometimes birds can be really confusing to Id.. fall warblers and sparrows, winter shorebirds.. and some hawks too. I really sometimes will spend hours looking at my pics wondering what the heck I saw!
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                    • Iminit
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                      #11
                      Oh this was a serious thread. Thought the headless first pic was for fun. All the ones by me are banded.

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                      • brewmaster15
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                        #12
                        Originally posted by Iminit
                        Oh this was a serious thread. Thought the headless first pic was for fun. All the ones by me are banded.
                        It was both
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