Anyone know what this bird is?

[dancerjodi]

Some kind of hawk? Brian saw it outside of our window sitting on our fence and ran out to take pictures . . . wow!

http://diabolis.net/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=219

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[dionysia.livejournal.com]

red-tailed hawk most likely.

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[dancer.livejournal.com]

"red-tailed hawk most likely"

That's what I thought, only the colored parts on this bird look purple in the pics (perhaps it was just a distortion through the camera).

Still, I've never seen one just hanging out in someone's yard before :)

[lensman.livejournal.com]

I think this is a a href="http://endangered.fws.gov/i/b/sab22.html">American Peregrine Falcon

They're on the Ma State Endangered species list with infor about them.

[tk7602.livejournal.com]

this is a cooper's hawk:



they look a lot alike. tom got me on that path, as a bunch of peregrine sites said that cooper's hawks are often mistaken for them.

cooper's hawks are also known as chicken hawks. like "i'm a chicken hawk and you're a chicken"

it's not a kestrel, another similar bird... kestrel's are too small.

I think your right

[lensman.livejournal.com]

I had seen mention of them too, but none of the sites I hit had any good pics or descriptions...

[feline.livejournal.com]

It's definitely not a red tail. But that's about all I Know. The feathers are all wrong for a red tail.

may i confuse you further?

[frankensplean.livejournal.com]

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