[TN-Bird] Re: Take 2 :Hawk ID Question
- From: Chris Sloan <csloan1973@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: TN-Bird Listserv <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 10:18:07 -0500
A harrier is possible this time of year. They are migrating now and
certainly should be passing through Tennessee. That said, harriers are
field and marsh birds, not forest birds, so if it came out of the forest it
is unlikely to have been harrier. If it truly had a white rump, then
harrier is really the only option because it is the only raptor found here
with a white rump. If it's possible that you just saw it from the side and
maybe saw white undertail or vent, then more likely it was something else.
Chris Sloan
Nashville, TN
http://www.chrissloanphotography.com
On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 6:31 AM, Kristy L Baker <kristybaker@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> * 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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