tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576675045480901123.post2517124446553171202..comments2024-01-08T02:29:08.679-05:00Comments on Living in Brooklyn-Longing for Maine: Awesome Hawk!Cindyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03487722896652777362noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576675045480901123.post-85981667360971003912013-02-23T18:42:43.766-05:002013-02-23T18:42:43.766-05:00Thanks for visiting my blog and leaving your helpf...Thanks for visiting my blog and leaving your helpful comment. I have been looking at this picture recently and actually questioning the ID also for many of the same reasons. The second picture led me to say it did have the white supercilium line. Also the even barring on the tail has bothered me more. I'm still learning the whole ID thing and when they are fall juveniles it is harder. I appreciate your thoughtful comment. Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03487722896652777362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576675045480901123.post-5405111439615725532013-02-22T14:48:51.221-05:002013-02-22T14:48:51.221-05:00Great photo and very useful for ID, but I'm go...Great photo and very useful for ID, but I'm going to have to offer a dissenting opinion on your identification. It is very rare to see a northern goshawk near, let alone within, an urban environment. Several things lead my mind to juvenile Cooper's Hawk. First of all the white supercilium line is very dull in your pictures. Also, the streaking on the breast does not extend through the belly. And the barring on the tail is very even. Goshawks have distinctly uneven barring on the tail, streaking throughout the underside, buffy coloration on the underside, and a fairly distinct white supercilium line. But keep an eye out next time you visit some core forest near NYC. They breed in various unfragmented forests near there.gardnie07https://www.blogger.com/profile/17982026850920377048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576675045480901123.post-10292190560470734682013-02-22T14:43:31.406-05:002013-02-22T14:43:31.406-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.gardnie07https://www.blogger.com/profile/17982026850920377048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576675045480901123.post-21934718024216498082012-10-17T06:18:01.828-04:002012-10-17T06:18:01.828-04:00Thanks Larry, I have to say I eliminated more of w...Thanks Larry, I have to say I eliminated more of what it was not while actually in the field and I was lucky that it actually was perched there for a few minutes. I really looked at it in the photograph. That is what is nice about getting a photo you can study it more once out of the field.Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03487722896652777362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7576675045480901123.post-65016805918601426862012-10-16T21:52:10.463-04:002012-10-16T21:52:10.463-04:00Gosh-that's not a very easy hawk to identify i...Gosh-that's not a very easy hawk to identify in that phase.I'll have to be more careful when looking at other hawks like Cooper's Hawks. Congratulations on that one.Larryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17955054342034509500noreply@blogger.com