The feet are 3 toed, hawklike, I was wondering if it is a Coopers Hawk? I am not clear on the size being correct for Coopers, the glove shows its fairly small size.
On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Tobias Dean <tobydea...@gmail.com> wrote: > The feet are 3 toed, hawklike, I was wondering if it is a Coopers Hawk? > not clear on the size being correct for Coopers, the glove shows fairly > small size. > > > On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 10:23 AM, Ryan Bakelaar <rbakel...@aol.com> wrote: > >> Looks like a Wood Duck. The beige flank feathers with the white tips >> are diagnostic. It looks like a decent spread wing (or two) can be made >> from the specimen, so the Cornell Museum of Vertebrates (located at >> Sapsucker Woods) could put the carcass to good use. >> >> Yesterday I found this mostly consumed corpse in the ditch very close to >> our house on South Hill. I can guess at an identification but I am sure the >> group will know. I saw crow or raven tracks around it in the snow but >> could it have been a car strike or a larger hawk? >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Tobias Dean <tdea...@twcny.rr.com> >> To: cayugabirds-L <cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu> >> Sent: Thu, Jan 3, 2013 9:43 am >> Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Carcase identification-murder most foul >> >> Yesterday I found this mostly consumed corpse in the ditch very close >> to our house on South Hill. I can guess at an identification but I am sure >> the group will know. I saw crow or raven tracks around it in the snow but >> could it have been a car strike or a larger hawk? >> Also, would the Lab of O be interested in this if most of it is >> gone? >> >> >> https://plus.google.com/photos/101389825425162872761/albums/5829231409341707361?authkey=COCAnMafkduk0AE >> >> thanks Toby Dean >> -- >> *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* >> Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> >> Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> >> Subscribe, Configuration and >> Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> >> *Archives:* >> The Mail >> Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> >> Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> >> BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> >> *Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/> >> !* >> -- >> > > -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
