Red-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk, Buteo jamaicensis
Prospect Park, 2007-01-21
I really wanted to turn this juvenile redtail into a Goshawk today, but it stubbornly persisted in remaining a Buteo. :-(
Overall I picked up 25 species on a rather cold afternoon:
- Canada Goose
- Mute Swan
- American Black Duck
- Mallard
- Northern Shoveler
- Hooded Merganser
- Ruddy Duck
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Ring-billed Gull
- Herring Gull
- Rock Pigeon
- Mourning Dove
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Downy Woodpecker
- Black-capped Chickadee
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- Carolina Wren
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Gray Catbird
- European Starling
- Song Sparrow
- White-throated Sparrow
- Northern Cardinal
- American Goldfinch
- House Sparrow
