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ID Help: Red-tailed Hawks
photosbydennis:
Red-tailed Hawks are big birds and do like to sit on bales in search of mice...perhaps this is what you saw ??
http://www.pbase.com/photosbydennis/redtailed_hawk
Moonstar:
Today I was driving to the city from St. Adolphe on highway 200...St. Mary's Rd. On a bale of hay there was a huge brown coloured bird sitting there just looking around. Don't have a clue what kind of bird is was.
bccs:
A hunting I will go, ;D ;D thanks Bob.
photosbydennis:
Kenaston,Bishop and Waverly has always been a hot spot for see raptors...as well down Bishop towards St. Annes rd. From what I have seen it's been Swainson Hawks. Often seen in the Waverly and Scurfield area are Merlins. And don't be surprised to see an Eagle soaring Bishop,Pembina/St.Annes as we get closer to fall.
I have fallowed Swainsons for the last few years and have found this pair to nest on Wilkes and on M'Gillivary...so it's not uncommon to see them in the city...just my thoughts !
Elaine L:
I am pretty sure that we are seeing the same thing, although in different cities. While driving home from work yesterday, I saw a bird that looked very much like a peregrine, only larger, swoop down off a post and grab something by the side of the road. The wingspread was larger than a peregrine, and although the chest was quite white, the rest of this raptor was pretty rusty-red. It certainly wasn't an owl. I took a really good look, despite the traffic, and based on past experience at the Wildlife Rehab Centre, I am sure these are hawks we are seeing, and they are moving into our towns and cities.
One morning this week on my way to work at the lights on Bishop Grandin and Waveryly, I saw bird that kind of looked like a Peregrine (I know it was not a Peregrine tho). It was hovering in the air then flew in a cirlcle and hovered again and then swooped down to the ground. As the light change it flew off with something in it's claws. I have never seen anything like that before...it was pretty cool. Not sure what kind of bird it was.
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