Duck ID

[SpinnerMan]

/Anybody have any clue what kind of duck this is?

Seriously, what kind of hawk is this? I came across it this morning archery hunting. Curious what it is.

[HNTFSH]

/Anybody have any clue what kind of duck this is?

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Seriously, what kind of hawk is this? I came across it this morning archery hunting. Curious what it is.

Nice shot! You're a helluva Archer.

[Locked&Loaded]

99% of the time you can accurately answer 'hen goldeneye' to duck ID questions without seeing the duck in question. Not this time.

I'm guessing it's a sharp shinned hawk.

[SpinnerMan]

/Anybody have any clue what kind of duck this is?

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Seriously, what kind of hawk is this? I came across it this morning archery hunting. Curious what it is.

Nice shot! You're a helluva Archer.

It was only tree top high when it went over. Easy shot

[jsh909]

Chicken hawk is what we call them around here, but I think that nomenclature encompasses 3 or 4 different hawks depending on region

[cluckmeister]

Looks like a Democrat Hawk to me

[Boatman]

Could be a young peregrine Falcon

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[Indaswamp]

Could be a young peregrine Falcon

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That is my vote....a falcon.

[SpinnerMan]

Could be a young peregrine Falcon

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That is my vote....a falcon.

Falcon never crossed my mind. Immature falcon is possible.

[HNTFSH]

Coopers Hawk.

[Locked&Loaded]

I'm telling ya, it's a sharp shinned hawk.

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[HNTFSH]

I'm telling ya, it's a sharp shinned hawk.

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Looks bigger than that unless he wears a size 4 boot.

[Locked&Loaded]

I'm telling ya, it's a sharp shinned hawk.

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Looks bigger than that unless he wears a size 4 boot.

Well he is from IL, so "light in the boots (loafers)" may apply.

[HNTFSH]

I'm telling ya, it's a sharp shinned hawk.

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Looks bigger than that unless he wears a size 4 boot.

Well he is from IL, so "light in the boots (loafers)" may apply.

You picked up on the girly boot too, eh?

[Locked&Loaded]

I'm telling ya, it's a sharp shinned hawk.

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Looks bigger than that unless he wears a size 4 boot.

Well he is from IL, so "light in the boots (loafers)" may apply.

You picked up on the girly boot too, eh?

I assumed those were his wife's feet.

[HNTFSH]

I'm telling ya, it's a sharp shinned hawk.

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Looks bigger than that unless he wears a size 4 boot.

Well he is from IL, so "light in the boots (loafers)" may apply.

You picked up on the girly boot too, eh?

I assumed those were his wife's feet.

AHH!!! Good call.

[SpinnerMan]

Unless they got a red tail or a white head and a white tail, I can't tell these things apart even that close. I had one of those really big ones with the white head and white tail fly by me this morning at about 40 yards in the bright sun. Those are always cool to see, especially when close.

Cooper's and sharp shinned was what I was thinking from the beginning but there was absolutely none of that rusty brown. However, what I've learned this year is that there is a hell of a lot of color variation in hawks.

It says a sharp-shinned is the size of a jay. This was more the size of crow like the cooper's or falcon.

[Locked&Loaded]

Unless they got a red tail or a white head and a white tail, I can't tell these things apart even that close. I had one of those really big ones with the white head and white tail fly by me this morning at about 40 yards in the bright sun. Those are always cool to see, especially when close.

Cooper's and sharp shinned was what I was thinking from the beginning but there was absolutely none of that rusty brown. However, what I've learned this year is that there is a hell of a lot of color variation in hawks.

It says a sharp-shinned is the size of a jay. This was more the size of crow like the cooper's or falcon.

I thought the bird in the picture was a bit smaller, so if it is crow sized, it probably is a juvenile cooper's. I don't believe it's a peregrine, but it could be. They are roughly the same size as a cooper's.

[HNTFSH]

Unless they got a red tail or a white head and a white tail, I can't tell these things apart even that close. I had one of those really big ones with the white head and white tail fly by me this morning at about 40 yards in the bright sun. Those are always cool to see, especially when close.

Cooper's and sharp shinned was what I was thinking from the beginning but there was absolutely none of that rusty brown. However, what I've learned this year is that there is a hell of a lot of color variation in hawks.

It says a sharp-shinned is the size of a jay. This was more the size of crow like the cooper's or falcon.

I thought the bird in the picture was a bit smaller, so if it is crow sized, it probably is a juvenile cooper's. I don't believe it's a peregrine, but it could be. They are roughly the same size as a cooper's.

Agreed on the juvy Coopers. I've seen them dead before.

[Indaswamp]

The real question is...how did he taste?

[SpinnerMan]

The real question is...how did he taste?

Like chicken.

[Rat Creek]

Let's set the record straight.

The real question is...how did he taste?

Like Bald Eagle.

[SpinnerMan]

Let's set the record straight.

The real question is...how did he taste?

Like Bald Eagle.

No. More like California Condor. A little milder than the Northern Spotted Owl.

[uglymug]

That looks like a Sparrow Hawk, but there's a solid 80% chance that all of the hawks we're listing are actually the same bird that we all have different names for.

[RustyGunz1960]

Common names often result in confusion. That's why folks who are biologists, naturalists, etc., often use the scientific or Latin name. That said, the most commonly used field guides tend to use consistent common names, in the case of birds at least. That may not be true if your book is very old. There was a movement a few generations back to get away from raptor names based on one food item, such as sparrow hawk, duck hawk, fish hawk, etc., since those foods overlap among raptors. Now a fish hawk is an osprey, a duck hawk a peregrine falcon, a sparrow hawk a kestrel, and so on. Does seem to be a bit less confusing.