This beauty was visiting the Farmer’s Market in SE Calgary today. Anyone want to take a shot at identification? Leave us a comment below with your best guess!
Well done Oggie. Juvenile Swainson’s hawk it is. There were four of them cruising the market, but this one sat still long enough for me to take a quick picture.
The lighting isn’t terrific, but of what the photograph portrays, I’d have to assume a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk. The breast pattern, the brown tail (no red feathers in juvenile) and the head match a young red-tailed’s profile.
any chance this is a sharp shinned hawk ?
Thanks for your comment! This is actually a juvenile Swainson’s hawk. There were four of them cruising the market that day, but this one posed nicely.
Looks like a juvenile Swainson’s Hawk.
Well done Oggie. Juvenile Swainson’s hawk it is. There were four of them cruising the market, but this one sat still long enough for me to take a quick picture.
I agree – probably a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk.
The lighting isn’t terrific, but of what the photograph portrays, I’d have to assume a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk. The breast pattern, the brown tail (no red feathers in juvenile) and the head match a young red-tailed’s profile.