Darin’s Monday Photo: Hawk at Poplar Beach

posted by Darin Boville on Aug 21, 2007 at 12:56 am in  Environment
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Comment 1 by Anneliese Agren  on  Aug 21  at  10:14pm  •  All my comments • 

Cool!

Comment 2 by Jessica Barranco  on  Aug 22  at  8:55pm  •  All my comments • 

Anyone know what kind of hawk it is?

Sure looks proud of himself!

Comment 3 by Keith Gress  on  Aug 24  at  1:44pm  •  All my comments • 

It’s a juvenile Red-Tailed Hawk. And interestingly, it has been banded! Take a close look at the aluminum band on the right leg. Very cool. I am better at hawks than I am with the sharks. ;-)

Comment 4 by Deb Wong  on  Aug 24  at  5:31pm  •  All my comments • 

That is one FAT hawk! Must be good eatin’s ‘round those parts.

Comment 5 by Darin Boville  on  Aug 24  at  7:47pm  •  All my comments • 

It lives/lived in the dead tree in the field near the Poplar Beach parking lot. I don’t know who banded it—anyone?

Also, if you look closely at the image (especially the larger version) you can see that it was raining fairly heavily.

—Darin

Comment 6 by Jessica Barranco  on  Aug 25  at  3:08pm  •  All my comments • 

Wow I didn’t know I could click and get a larger picture! There’s the band alright. Awesome!


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