Thanks Pam! I hear you about the dark tail!
Thanks Marcia!
Thanks Steve! For a moment i was thinking Harrier also. I am leaning most
towards a Swanson's Hawk. If anyone has experience ID-ing one, i'd love to
hear what you think!
That is interesting Jym. I didn't think of that. I will look into that. Thank
you!
- Tracy Chiconas
Mil. Co.
tchiconas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Friday, April 24, 2020, 11:22:39 AM PDT, Jym Mooney & Carol Lee Hopkins
<hopmoon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The odd light area at the base of the primaries looks like the annual
juvenile molt of a Broad-tailed Hawk. Obviously, if that is correct,
this bird is NOT carrying anything near so large as an opossum. Just my
two cents.
Jym Mooney, Milwaukee
On 4/24/2020 7:46 AM, tracy chiconas (Redacted sender tchiconas for
DMARC) wrote:
good morning :)####################
I have a bird in question that i saw a few days ago. I saw it in the sky
while i was in a car. I quick reached down by my feet to grab my camera out of
my back pack & take a few pics through the windshield. Unfortunately there
were no other birds in that area at that time, therefore no significant size
comparison is available. If one feels confident that it's prey is an opossum,
then that may help; but then again, no real way of knowing the size of the
opossum, except likely an adult by the tail (if that is a tail). I think
perhaps it was loosing its grip on its food. It turned 180 to adjust grip. I
have a pic of it upside down, & also posted a rotated image. In total i was
able to take 4 images before it went below trees & out of sight. I feel
strongly that the bird in question is RETH size or larger; but also it was
some distance away.
https://ebird.org/checklist/S67709520
Any feedback is welcomed & much appreciated!!
Tracy Chiconas
Mil Wi
tchiconas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
