ML72352611
Contributor
Date
Location
- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Media notes
Diving while being chased by Red-tailed Hawk.
Observation details
Immature light-morph. I spotted this bird soaring with Red-tailed Hawks late morning. General buteo shape. Much smaller than adjacent Red-tailed Hawks. A step down in size from Common Raven which was chasing it at one point. Mostly soaring but several quick flaps seen at one point. Chased by a Red-tailed Hawk at one point. Dark brown above in flight with small whitish patches on inner upper wings. Dark tail above with whitish base. Tail below white with narrow dark band at tip. Head stood out as somewhat pale compared to dark upperwing when seen from above. Head small. Tail medium length. Wing shape broad buteo-like with secondary bulge and pointed tip. Underwings white with thin dark trailing edge, dark wingtips, and no carpal bars. My photographs suggest some dark on the sides of the head. I watched it distantly for about five minutes before losing it. I was on Ramal Road right at the Napa/Sonoma County border (marked on road) and the bird was somewhat west of due north. I believe this bird was flying over both Sonoma and Napa Counties but I'll initially submit it in Sonoma County. Presumably a migrant near the end of the migration period.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS 7D
- Lens
- EF300mm f/4L IS USM
- ISO
- 160
- Focal length
- 300 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/4.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/2500 sec
- Dimensions
- 850 pixels x 607 pixels
- Original file size
- 127.67 KB