Re: [nysbirds-l] New Baltimore - Swainsons Hawk ? Are you Serious?

2009-10-12 Thread Robert Lewis
NY --- On Mon, 10/12/09, Steve Walter wrote: > From: Steve Walter > Subject: Re: [nysbirds-l] New Baltimore - Swainsons Hawk ? Are you Serious? > To: "Jeff Holbrook" , "'NYSBIRDS'" > > Date: Monday, October 12, 2009, 6:10 PM > This question takes

Re: [nysbirds-l] New Baltimore - Swainsons Hawk ? Are you Serious?

2009-10-12 Thread Steve Walter
al Message - From: "Jeff Holbrook" To: "'NYSBIRDS'" Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 11:08 PM Subject: [nysbirds-l] New Baltimore - Swainsons Hawk ? Are you Serious? So why is this bird considered a Swainson's Hawk and not a more melanistic Red-tailed Hawk? I've seen Red-tail

Re: [nysbirds-l] New Baltimore - Swainsons Hawk ? Are you Serious?

2009-10-12 Thread Steve Walter
- From: Jeff Holbrook mycte...@stny.rr.com To: 'NYSBIRDS' NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 11:08 PM Subject: [nysbirds-l] New Baltimore - Swainsons Hawk ? Are you Serious? So why is this bird considered a Swainson's Hawk and not a more melanistic Red-tailed Hawk? I've seen Red

[nysbirds-l] New Baltimore - Swainsons Hawk ? Are you Serious?

2009-10-11 Thread Jeff Holbrook
So why is this bird considered a Swainson's Hawk and not a more melanistic Red-tailed Hawk? I've seen Red-tailed Hawks way darker to totally white. I've looked at the photos of this bird posted on line and I just don't see it. The Red-tailed Hawk is the most variable hawk in North America. I've

[nysbirds-l] New Baltimore - Swainsons Hawk ? Are you Serious?

2009-10-11 Thread Jeff Holbrook
So why is this bird considered a Swainson's Hawk and not a more melanistic Red-tailed Hawk? I've seen Red-tailed Hawks way darker to totally white. I've looked at the photos of this bird posted on line and I just don't see it. The Red-tailed Hawk is the most variable hawk in North America. I've