ML77561321
Contributor
Cheryl Ring Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
98 Townhouse Rd, Whitefield US-ME (44.2195,-69.6102)
Lincoln, Maine, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Observation details
had thought at first that this bird was a Cooper's Hawk. I was not able to photograph ventral side of bird, but, upon review of dorsal side, and reviewing several field guides, I believe this bird is a Red-shouldered Hawk; e.g. dark eye, black bill with yellow cere; upperparts are brown mottled with white; tail is black with thin white bands; it appears that the secondary coverts do have 2-3 pale bars, which is a field mark for RSHA. Also, it appears that the upper wing coverts show some reddish-brown. Bird was perched on a low branch in the forest; Sibley notes that RSHA "hunts mainly from a perch within forests" - which is what this bird appeared to be doing.
Technical information
- Model
- Canon PowerShot SX60 HS
- ISO
- 400
- Focal length
- 247 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/6.5
- Shutter speed
- 1/80 sec
- Dimensions
- 4608 pixels x 3456 pixels
- Original file size
- 3.25 MB