Hello birders,
I need help with a hawk i.d. too! I have some not-great pictures I'll attach...
Markings: good-sized, brown head and mottled brown and white back, very long and thin tail with thick stripes, very faint cinnamon bars on chest with very white belly. long smooth yellow legs, yellow and black beak.
Behavior: hunting birds. very low to the ground the entire time, even spending time on the ground. scratching belly with foot in one picture.
 
In the field I thought it might be a female harrier, now I'm not sure.
 
-jessica-
columbus, OH



> Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:47:35 -0500> From: [log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] North Olmsted Large Hawk White on head> To: [log in to unmask]> > Was outside today feeding the feral cats (To keep them away from the feeders> any one want two black kittens? if I can trap them?) and returning to the> side door.> > A very large Hawk got spooked from the yard.> > It flew thru the branches of the pine trees then dropped behind the fence.> > I thought I lost it but then it gained altitude and flew over the roof of> the house across the street. It then dropped again behind the roof line.> Then it gained altitude again and landed in a tree about 100 yards away.> > I ran inside for the bino's.> > All I can say is that it had white on the head a grey back with some> spotting on it. It only stayed put for a very short time. After I got the> Bino's on it held still for only about 10 seconds.> > It flew toward the Crocker Sterns road project (Flew West) and disappeared> as it weaved thru the tree branches.> > It had very powerful wing beats. This is all I can be sure of.> > Any Ideas folks? I think I know what it was but can not make positive ID> dare I speak its name.> > Scott Wright> North Olmsted, Ohio> > ______________________________________________________________________> > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society.> Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list.> Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/.> > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at:> http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS> Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]
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