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birdcamfan:
Hi Tracy. I was wondering if you could help me identify the huge bird on the Elm tree one street over from me. I was going out for a run today and heard what I thought was the neighborhood Merlin. I looked up and saw a much, much larger bird up there shrieking away. I got my binoculars and my Sibley book out. The bird is falcon or hawk shaped and I would estimate to be about twice as big as the Merlin (which was also up in its own favorite spot so I could compare). It is too big to be a Merlin or a Kistrel, and its wing tips do not go right down to the tip of the tail. It has a banded (striped) tail and fluffy speckled chest. I could not make out the head coloring. All I could guess from the book is a Prairie Falcon, Northern Goshawk, or maybe a Coopers Hawk (but it might be a bit big for that). Are there any of these types of birds in Winnipeg right now? I know that Coopers will sit in a tree, do any of these others do that? I know it's hard without a picture, but if you could give me a few other ideas that I could look up, I might be able to ID. The most exciting thing was after watching for about 10 minutes, she stretched open her tail and a male flew in and "visited". She eventually flew off toward the Assiniboine river. I finally went for my downtown run and also saw "someone" sitting on the east side of the Radisson. All in all, an exciting day! 

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