Red Tailed Hawk?

[Alberta Bigbore]

Originally Posted by Alberta Bigbore

is this a red tail hawk?


these dang buggers keep chasing bugs in front of my headlights at night. sorry for crappy pic, its a phone cam picture, and from the last one I tagged.

what kind of owl is it anyway





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this sucker had alot of white on him, and the feet were feathery white. LOL@feathery, is that even a word? if not...it is now

[378 Wthrby]

It is definetly is a horned owl, a juvenile for sure. Had lots around our farm and had to put one down after it raided the chicken coup. Those eyes look through you, not at you, brrrr, lol

[depopulator]

Originally Posted by honda450

Its a boreal owl. Ya bring him home Bigbore? Nice wall mount.

What's a Boreal owl anyways..never heard of it ?

[Copidosoma]

Originally Posted by heavy chevy

I did he said it was a HAWK! We'll thank you captain obvious.

No need to get your panties in a knot there mate.

If F&W can't identify a red-tailed hawk from a specimen in hand then we certainly have a problem. Maybe you should go back to the office and tell him to get his bird book out and look in it once in a while. If he can only tell you it is a hawk (there are more than one type out there) he (or she I suppose) needs to brush up. And you need to calm down.

The owl looks like a great horned to me.

A boreal owl looks alot like a northern hawk owl but is smaller and has a different striping pattern on the chest.

[honda450]

Yes I agree now it is a great horned. Sure don't look like mine but he looks like the one in my book. Must be a young one. Mine must be an old one. 11 species of owls in Alberta.

[Bushmaster]

Great Horned owls have various color patterns, same as lots of birds.