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Florida bird of prey

#1 Postby Cookiely » Sat Sep 30, 2006 8:07 pm

Anyone here a bird expert? I saw a bird in our yard I had never seen before this week. He was very large like a hawk or falcon, small elegant chiseled head, very pale golden belly, and the feathers were black with blue. I went to try and get a better look but he started this extremely high pitched screeching sound, and frankly I got scared and ran for the porch. Shortly after he flew away. I saw him again today briefly flying past the window. That is one big bird. I've googled my fingers off but haven't found anything remotely resembling him.
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#2 Postby JonathanBelles » Sat Sep 30, 2006 8:11 pm

ive seen bald eagles, ducks, geese (now coming south), hawks and other eagles. other than that i dont know.
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#3 Postby Lindaloo » Sat Sep 30, 2006 9:15 pm

It was a hawk. Did it look like this?


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#4 Postby Lindaloo » Sat Sep 30, 2006 9:15 pm

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#5 Postby Lindaloo » Sat Sep 30, 2006 9:19 pm

Or it could have been an Osprey. They are huge birds that are very high pitched if they feel threatened.
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#6 Postby Cookiely » Sat Sep 30, 2006 9:52 pm

Lindaloo wrote:Image
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#7 Postby Cookiely » Sat Sep 30, 2006 9:53 pm

I saw images of the red shouldered hawk and osprey but they weren't the bird I saw.
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#8 Postby Lindaloo » Sun Oct 01, 2006 7:46 am

Then you were perfectly allowed to run to your porch. lol. Because I would have been scared too.
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#9 Postby petal*pusher » Sun Oct 01, 2006 3:00 pm

Hmmm....an eagle does not have white feathers on head or tail until they are 5 years old....but, you say it was more the size of a hawk?

Both an eagle and a hawk do make that high pitched screaching sound. Perhaps the "blue" feathers were a reflection...sometimes this does happen!......p :wink:



(p.s......try googling "juvenile florida eagle"....several photos will come up)
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#10 Postby JenBayles » Sun Oct 01, 2006 4:36 pm

Try googling on "falcon" or "gyrfalcon" as well.
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#11 Postby azsnowman » Sun Oct 01, 2006 5:26 pm

It sounds like a hawk to me....we have SOOOOOOOOOO many of them up here at this elevation, our field mice problem this time of year goes away thanks to them!
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#12 Postby weathermom » Sun Oct 01, 2006 7:28 pm

Swainson's hawk dark morph?
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