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Saturday, December 15. 2018

ID this bird


Seen in Connecticut this morning.


Posted by Gwynnie at 12:59 | Comments (12) | Trackbacks (0)

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It looks like a young Coopers Hawk.
#1 oolioo on 2018-12-15 13:13 (Reply)
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Coopers_Hawk/species-compare/70780501
#1.1 oolioo on 2018-12-15 13:18 (Reply)
That's John.
#2 Talnik on 2018-12-15 14:23 (Reply)
I was going to suggest Barred Owl.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Barred_Owl/

A little hard to tell from shape alone.
#3 Aggie on 2018-12-15 15:44 (Reply)
I agree, that is what they look like around here and puffed up due to the cold.
#3.1 JC on 2018-12-15 16:04 (Reply)
Has to be an owl.
#4 EZ Money on 2018-12-15 16:14 (Reply)
Raptors don't typically sit on lower branches, in my experience, but owls often do. They aren't very good at soaring, but their big wing area makes them superb at navigating amongst trees. My cell phone wallpaper is a barred owl that I nearly walked into a few years ago, sitting at eye level on a cedar branch next to a deep creek, waiting on lunch to arrive no doubt.
#5 Aggie on 2018-12-15 17:37 (Reply)
It is a Barred Owl. Wonderful critter. "Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you all?"
#6 BD on 2018-12-15 20:34 (Reply)
A preening coopers hawk ?
#7 u.k.(us) on 2018-12-15 21:43 (Reply)
It's a barred owl. Look at the size and shape of the back of the head and also it's markings and color.
#8 Blondi Utronki on 2018-12-15 21:56 (Reply)
Look at the length of the tail feathers.
#9 u.k.(us) on 2018-12-15 22:17 (Reply)
Fred . Definitely Fred .
#10 treefroggy on 2018-12-16 20:41 (Reply)

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