unknown raptor

[squirl033]

saw this little guy this afternoon, and can't figure out what it is. it was about the size of a crow. too far away in lousy light for a good photo, but hopefully someone here will know what it is...

 

[Bill Anderson]

Consulting my Peterson Field Guides' Hawks of North America, it looks like a light-morph rough-legged hawk. They are found up north in the Samish/Skagit flats.

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Rough-legged_Hawk/id

 

[photographmemories]

Nice find, Rocky!




Chad

 

[squirl033]

Consulting my Peterson Field Guides' Hawks of North America, it looks like a light-morph rough-legged hawk. They are found up north in the Samish/Skagit flats.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Rough-legged_Hawk/id

thanks, Bill... i gotta get me one of those raptor books. this one flew by late this afternoon up at Eide Road...

 

[Bill Anderson]

thanks, Bill... i gotta get me one of those raptor books. this one flew by late this afternoon up at Eide Road...

The Peterson Field Guide is a typical bird book with painted illustrations of the birds.
http://www.hmhco.com/shop/books/petersons/9780395670675

Hawks from Every Angle is good for field ID as it shows photos of the birds as you are likely to see them in the field. The author is a well known raptor expert.
http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8025.html

 

[Joemeche]

Here you have a light morph (l) and a dark morph (r) together on the Lummi Flats.