[TN-Bird] Take 2 :Hawk ID Question
- From: Kristy L Baker <kristybaker@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: TN-Bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 06:31:45 -0500
Sunday afternoon I was watching birds from the porch again. I heard a jay
scolding back into the woods. Soon other jays followed along with a lot of
other very agitated birds. About 10 minutes later a large hawk swooped from
the woods, along the fence line and back up. It was a large hawk, brownish
with a white rump patch. I thought Northern Harrier and dismissed it. I then
told myself I must have seen the front of the hawk and assumed it was a large
Cooper's Hawk.
I was reviewing some of my eBird listings and see that I recorded a Northern
Harrier a couple of Januarys ago at the house. I had forgotten all about it,
but I recall it as flying low over the trees.
We have just under 2.5 acres at the back of a rural subdivision. Two sides of
the property are along the woods with a large portion of the property in
grass. Is it possible I seen a Northern Harrier? It just doesn't feel like I
should have. Any other bird with a white rump that it could have been?
Kristy Baker
Rockvale TN
Rutherford Count
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