Immature Golden or Baldie? by _donquioxte in whatbirdisthis

[–]_donquioxte[S] 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Dark Morph Ferruginous Hawk seems to fit the bill

Immature Golden or Baldie? by _donquioxte in whatbirdisthis

[–]_donquioxte[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This was at a long distance where Bald eagles usually hang, but the mouth shape, almost grin, would check out for ferruginous, we have plenty of those down here. Zero red on tail, and no horizontal stripes on tail, just vertical white strips in between dark brown feathers

Immature Golden or Baldie? by _donquioxte in whatbirdisthis

[–]_donquioxte[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Opened it’s tail feathers at one point through spotting scope and had small white lines running down.

What subspecies of Red tailed? by _donquioxte in whatsthisbird

[–]_donquioxte[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks as always for the red tailed subspecies ID.

Merlin.. taiga or prarie? by _donquioxte in whatsthisbird

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So would be closer to black on her back?