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Burrowing Owls and more

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ImageBurrowing Owls by Rancorrye, on Flickr

ImageBurrowing Owl by Rancorrye, on Flickr

ImageBurrowing Owls by Rancorrye, on Flickr

ImageBurrowing Owl by Rancorrye, on Flickr

ImagePraire Falcon by Rancorrye, on Flickr

ImageTurkey Vulture by Rancorrye, on Flickr

ImageSwainson's Hawk by Rancorrye, on Flickr

ImageFerruginous Hawk by Rancorrye, on Flickr

ImageFerruginous Hawk by Rancorrye, on Flickr

ImageFerruginous Hawk by Rancorrye, on Flickr

Not 100% on the second Prairie Falcon ID. Is this correct?

-Rye
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Nice pics! Your Red-tail is a Swainson's, and your second Prairie is actually a Ferruginous Hawk.
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cbernz wrote:Nice pics! Your Red-tail is a Swainson's, and your second Prairie is actually a Ferruginous Hawk.
Oh, cool. Thanks for the corrections. I thought the prairie falcon was wrong. What's the give a way on the Swainson's Hawk? Its all still new to me. Trying to figure out how to ID these.

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Rancorrye wrote:
cbernz wrote:Nice pics! Your Red-tail is a Swainson's, and your second Prairie is actually a Ferruginous Hawk.
Oh, cool. Thanks for the corrections. I thought the prairie falcon was wrong. What's the give a way on the Swainson's Hawk? Its all still new to me. Trying to figure out how to ID these.

-Rye
The slim build, long wingtips, and facial pattern were the clues I used. Buteos are hard, and Red-tails are so variable, they can look like almost anything. The Ferruginous is the only large buteo that will be almost completely pale underneath with dark rufous thighs.
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Good to know. Thanks for the info :thumb:
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