Welcome to Project Noah, Sloan, I hope you like the site as much we do; there are many features you can explore: I invite you to go to http://www.projectnoah.org/faq where you will find the purpose and “rules” of Project Noah. There is a blog http://blog.projectnoah.org/ where we post articles from spotters with special insight into different organisms. There are also the chats for help with identification, and to comment on your own and others’ spottings. Look at the global and local missions to put your spottings into:http://www.projectnoah.org/missions Enjoy yourself here, see you around!
Yes, this is a Red-tailed Hawk. The white area of the chest and the streaks in a band across the belly are the clues here. Sometimes the contrast between the belly and the upper chest is so pronounced, it looks like the bird is wearing an ascot. Good spotting.
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Welcome to Project Noah, Sloan,
I hope you like the site as much we do; there are many features you can explore:
I invite you to go to http://www.projectnoah.org/faq where you will find the purpose and “rules” of Project Noah.
There is a blog http://blog.projectnoah.org/ where we post articles from spotters with special insight into different organisms.
There are also the chats for help with identification, and to comment on your own and others’ spottings.
Look at the global and local missions to put your spottings into:http://www.projectnoah.org/missions
Enjoy yourself here, see you around!
Agree. red tailed.
Yes, this is a Red-tailed Hawk. The white area of the chest and the streaks in a band across the belly are the clues here. Sometimes the contrast between the belly and the upper chest is so pronounced, it looks like the bird is wearing an ascot.
Good spotting.