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Raptor ID
Posted on 7/8/23 at 12:49 pm
Posted on 7/8/23 at 12:49 pm
This guy has been hanging around the house and diving at the crows. About the size of a kite or a kestrel. Cruises around like a predatory type bird. Always perches on the highest limb in the yard. Appears to be black and white, but has a black head - unlike the kites I’ve seen.
And yes, the photo was taken with a potato.
Already ruled out velociraptor.
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Posted on 7/8/23 at 1:07 pm to TigrrrDad
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About the size of a kite or a kestrel.
Bruh, kites are almost twice the size of kestrel.
Hard to say from that photo, but it looks like a kite. I've seen kites mess with crows, but don't really see hawks messing with them much--normally it's the other way around.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 2:21 pm to TigrrrDad
My best guess from the photo is Mississippi Kite. But that's just an impression. The dark head - maybe a late juvenile bird. Or just the head is shadowed.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 2:38 pm to TigrrrDad
Mississippi Kite
Posted on 7/8/23 at 2:41 pm to Cowboyfan89
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Bruh, kites are almost twice the size of kestrel.
Meh...look pretty similar in size to me.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 2:47 pm to TigrrrDad
American Kestrels are 9-12", MS Kites 12-15". Kites are noticeably bigger but not double the size as someone mentioned.
Posted on 7/8/23 at 3:18 pm to shell01
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American Kestrels are 9-12", MS Kites 12-15".
I just grabbed my bird guide off the shelf and went off what it showed, which is reported as the "average" size: 9" for a kestrel, 14" for a kite.
So double might have been a bit much, but 5" is a big size difference (that's what she said).
Posted on 7/8/23 at 8:49 pm to TigrrrDad
Mississippi Kite. They've migrated in and are pretty active right now. Can be quite acrobatic in flight when hunting.
Posted on 7/9/23 at 8:53 am to mytigger
Yep. I’ve been seeing Kites a lot lately. I have two of them nesting at my camp.
The strange thing is I see the crows kind of “attacking” them.
I also have a large Barn Owl there that has the most terrifying screech.
The strange thing is I see the crows kind of “attacking” them.
I also have a large Barn Owl there that has the most terrifying screech.
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