Bird Identification assistance

[astroNikon]

I was out walking around a local church and way up on the bell steeple was this bird/ eagle /hawk /pigeon ... I'm clueless

 

[D-B-J]

Looks like a juvenile of some species. I think it's immature.. I couldn't find something that matched.

 

[SashaT]

light morph red-tailed hawk?

 

[D-B-J]

light morph red-tailed hawk?

I thought about that one, but it doesn't seem to have the clearly lined "helmet" like the one in these photos.

 

[SashaT]

light morph red-tailed hawk?

I thought about that one, but it doesn't seem to have the clearly lined "helmet" like the one in these photos.

Thought this one looked pretty damn close


http://ofbirdsandb.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/img_4367.jpg

 

[D-B-J]

light morph red-tailed hawk?

I thought about that one, but it doesn't seem to have the clearly lined "helmet" like the one in these photos.

Thought this one looked pretty damn close


http://ofbirdsandb.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/img_4367.jpg

Oh that does. I have NatGeo's birding app, and it didn't look like that. Maybe that's the one?

Cheers!
Jake

 

[Overread40]

I'll go with Red-Tailed Hawk as well - likely a Juvenile. The tail has a lot more colouring to it which suggests the juvenile instead of the pale, which has a shorter amount of colour near the end and a creamier base to the tail fan

This one also has a dark heard, whilst the white morph has more white feathers adorning the head area.

 

[SashaT]

I thought about that one, but it doesn't seem to have the clearly lined "helmet" like the one in these photos.

Thought this one looked pretty damn close


http://ofbirdsandb.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/img_4367.jpg

Oh that does. I have NatGeo's birding app, and it didn't look like that. Maybe that's the one?

Cheers!
Jake

That's what I am going with. I find it interesting how much color variation there is for any given species.

 

[coastalconn]

Yup red tail, light morph adult would be my opinion...Red-tailed Hawk, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

 

[astroNikon]

That's everyone for your help. I might go back in the fall and wander around to see if I see it again. The church steeple was way up there. It looked like an owl at first but I knew it wouldn't be around at 10am.