[mou] Northern Harrier Hawk?

[jamiestrickland@comcast.net]

Birding this past weekend at Beaver Creek WMA, we came across an unexpected bird. Our field books indicated a Northern Harrier Hawk, but we aren't 100% positive.

He stayed a pretty far distance from us the many times we saw him throughout our time in the area.

Here are some pictures for helping identify this bird. I apologize the first few are slightly out of focus, but we were pretty far away. Shooting at full 400mm with a Canon 20D/100-400mmL IS @ f/5.6.

http://www.freethestricklands.com/MouSite/BeaverCreek1/images/IMG_1646.jpg
http://www.freethestricklands.com/MouSite/BeaverCreek1/images/IMG_1650.jpg
http://www.freethestricklands.com/MouSite/BeaverCreek1/images/IMG_1683.jpg
http://www.freethestricklands.com/MouSite/BeaverCreek1/images/IMG_1685.jpg
http://www.freethestricklands.com/MouSite/BeaverCreek1/images/IMG_1686.jpg
http://www.freethestricklands.com/MouSite/BeaverCreek1/images/IMG_1687.jpg
http://www.freethestricklands.com/MouSite/BeaverCreek1/images/IMG_1689.jpg
http://www.freethestricklands.com/MouSite/BeaverCreek1/images/IMG_1691.jpg
http://www.freethestricklands.com/MouSite/BeaverCreek1/images/IMG_1692.jpg

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Jamie Strickland
jamiestrickland@comcast.net
http://www.freethestricklands.com