Hawk ID

Hey all a little help here he didn't look like the normal cast of characters was thinking a Red Tail at first but then I second guess myself so I thought I would post.

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com …/29661314@N07/8​519597582/

It is an adult Red-tailed Hawk, many of them are richly colored in the Pacific Northwest, but I will say it is atypical and an interesting bird even for that area (I used to live there), and wonder if you have photos of the backside?

That's what I thought then something kept telling me your are wrong, lol. Thanks and no shots from the back as its was on almost straight up cliff face and couldn't get behind him.

Hah, I can't be trusted on raptor ID, I just seem to make lucky guesses all the time.

Its just a neat bird...these barred-bellied types always interest me.

Jerry Liguori wrote in post #15666442
Hah, I can't be trusted on raptor ID, I just seem to make lucky guesses all the time.

Its just a neat bird...these barred-bellied types always interest me.

Ha! There are only about 3 people in the US that I don't question their raptor IDs. One is Brian Wheeler who I got to meet the year I worked at the Corpus Christi Hawk Watch, next is Bill Clark who is a fellow Texas birder that I've run into a few times over the years and the third is some guy named Jerry something or other that I'd like to meet some day. Here is one of his books that I have.

http://www.amazon.com …ant-Raptors/dp/0691135592

Chuck, thank you for the compliment....that is very nice to hear. Send me a private message on this site or e-mail me at jerrylig@hotmail.com and I'll send you my other book if you don't have one. But, by your responses on this forum, I don't think you need a hawk ID book!!! I hope we do meet one day.

Sorry Morgan, I didn't mean to hijack your thread without commenting on your photo. I too believe this to be an abnormally marked western Red tail and would like to see more shots of it but I understand sometimes the birds don't like to cooperate. It's a great shot though.

Here is a link that I find indispensable on Harlan's Red tails that I think everyone should have saved in their favorites. Gee, it too is by Jerry Liguori.
http://www.aba.org/bir​ding/v42n2p30.pdf
And a dark RTHA pdf by Jerry
http://www.aba.org/bir​ding/v42n2p30.pdf
Jerry, do you have any others? I'd love to have your other book(signed?) I'll shoot you an email in a bit. And you're welcome for the compliment and thank you for the compliment.
Chuck

Thanks guy hey Jerry I would love to buy your books could I buy them directly from you? Maybe signed?

Of course Morgan....happy to oblige.

Contact me privately on this site or preferably at my e-mail jerrylig@hotmail.com so no one thinks I am "selling" or promoting my books on this site.

And, if you track this bird down again, I'd love to see different angles of it....if you do.