I just sent this link to Bob Baran. After many studies of red-shouldered hawks in several states I had to do more for Bob than to say what it was. I looked up a good link for him with a similar view of his bird. I went to the intranet and typed in 'red-shouldered hawk in flight' and an interesting website popped up. Brian Wheeler has his fabulous book out on photographing and identifying these magnificent birds of prey. There is a website to visit to work through difficult views. http://www.virtualbirder.com/bkwheeler/ Brian K. Wheeler is a noted bird artist, bird photographer, and author. He is best known as illustrator, co-author, and co-photographer for Peterson Field GuidesR:Hawks and A Photographic Guide to North American Raptors. He is highly acclaimed as a raptor photographer with numerous credits in magazines and books. He also paints life-sized images of North American birds. Remember Brian will be speaking (keynote speaker) at the BSBO/OOS Raptor Conference the end of Sept. I can't wait to hear him speak. http://www.greatblue.com/cgi-bin/vbirder-boilerPlate/BKWHIF?CONFIG_ID=r19 <http://www.greatblue.com/cgi-bin/vbirder-boilerPlate/BKWHIF?CONFIG_ID=r19&C ONFIG_FILE=/vbirder/HAWK/gallery/bkwheeler/Gallery.dat&BAND=mid> &CONFIG_FILE=/vbirder/HAWK/gallery/bkwheeler/Gallery.dat&BAND=mid It appears this website has been there for a few years but I thank Bob for posting his photo question to help me find an interesting website so I can learn more. I live close to Glacier Ridge and know they have had nesting red-shoulders there. Plus the western part of Dublin is in my CBC circle and I have been delighted over the last couple years to find them on count day. Please note: the OHOS CBC (O'Shaughnessey Christmas Bird Count) is Saturday Jan 3, 2009. It takes in 3 counties, southern Delaware, northwestern Franklin and eastern Union counties. Please email me privately if you can help our team with this important CBC. And they are all important to bird conservation and citizen science!! Darlene Sillick Powell, Ohio -----Original Message----- From: Ohio birds [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bob Baran Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 3:36 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [Ohio-birds] Hawk ID I was just going through some older pictures from last year and need help with confirming the ID on the hawk per the link below. Any assistance is greatly appreciated. This was taken at Glacier Ridge in early Spring 2007. Regards, Bob http://bsquaredphotos.smugmug.com/gallery/2297336_dpYUm#366837629_wZTx4 ______________________________________________________________________ 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] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]