ID the Perp #7
06/18/2009
I took this bird’s photo in our host’s backyard that overlooks a small lake… so beautiful! Can you identify this one?
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alcessa said,
June 18, 2009 @ 1:17 pm
Falco Peregrinus? (Peregrine)
dr.filomena said,
June 18, 2009 @ 1:29 pm
Nope, but you are very close… I do have peregrine’s photo as well 🙂
alcessa said,
June 18, 2009 @ 1:41 pm
Well, what are we looking for: a male, a female or an immature bird?
alcessa said,
June 18, 2009 @ 1:43 pm
Oh, could be a merlin…
dr.filomena said,
June 18, 2009 @ 1:52 pm
I honestly do not know, but looking at photos of other birds of the same species, I would venture a guess that this is a young adult. Not a merlin. Hint: again, the name includes a reference to colour.
alcessa said,
June 18, 2009 @ 3:22 pm
Well, it’s a no go then. 🙂
I don’t even know whether it is an American bird of prey that cannot be seen anywhere else. Then, it is not very vividly colored (I don’t mean the lack of light) – no big contrasts or bold stripes, so it is difficult to know whether it is an adult male (mostly the more colorful sex) or a chick (less colorful – needs to survive). And if it were a chick, it could be quite difficult to google it, since Google & Co. prefer colorful pics.
dr. filomena said,
June 18, 2009 @ 3:26 pm
I will humbly admit that it’s also not a very good photo. It was taken from afar with a powerful lens and without a tripod. So here comes another hint… the name includes a reference to a part that joins the wing with the body, dyed with colour associated with communism and the bird’s family is used in the name of the wind blowing hard on Hudson River as noted in the movie starring Bruce Willis. You can do it!
alcessa said,
June 18, 2009 @ 3:38 pm
Oh, I see. This would be a red-shouldered hawk, no?
Mind you, I only googled “red-shouldered”, I hate Bruce Willis and his films 👿 and would prefer not to guess it…
alcessa said,
June 18, 2009 @ 3:44 pm
BTW, a “buteo” (as in Buteo lineatus – Red-shouldered Hawk) is usually called a “Bussard” (Buzzard) in German (buteo buteo being “kanja” in Slovenia) which is why I checked the haws only as a second thought and concentrated on yellow legs… 😆
Red is the color, then.
dr. filomena said,
June 18, 2009 @ 9:05 pm
Yep, that’s him! 🙂 The red-shouldered hawk. You know much more about birds than I do, but I do find them beautiful, especially birds of prey.
alcessa said,
June 18, 2009 @ 9:07 pm
Bluff’s my name… But I like birds of prey very much, too. Right after Herons.
You really made me happy with your pictures, BTW.
dr. filomena said,
June 18, 2009 @ 10:40 pm
I’m so glad you enjoyed them! I do have more to post 😉