Registered: Oct 2001
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Here's the pics of that hawk that nailed the pigeon in front of me this morning at the office. Great hit in mid-air, if I caught it right. It was mostly a tumble of feathers suddenly occuring under the canopy of the elm tree in front of the office right there on Hennepin Ave in Minneapolis. They landed in the junipers alongside the porch, and I spooked him off his breakfast twice getting these. Not great pics, but better than I thought I'd get. Can any of you identify this bird? The tale was brown on topside with darker bands on it. The streaks on the breast were a somewhat lighter brown than the bird's back - almost liver colored, I think. Thick, wedge-shaped head with a beak not too long. I was thinking maybe a juvenile red-tail, but that's just a guess. The red-tails I've seen back home are more red than this bird, which was a dirty brown on his back with a lighter brown around the neck and shoulders streaked with off-white becoming white streaked with brown on the breast. Anyway, you amateur ornithologists have a look and gimme yer verdict.

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Registered: Jul 2001
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looks like a big sparrow

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Registered: Jul 2000
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Red-tailed hawk, looks like a female.

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Registered: Jan 2001
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Amazing the way birds of prey have adapted to human dwelling. We have falcons and hawks all over the city. Keeps the rodents at bay.

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Registered: Apr 2001
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beautiful

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