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Description:

Is this a red shouldered hawk feather???

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3 Comments

Sam5
Sam5 11 years ago

That is a good size. What I can tell you is that it looks like a secondary feather and that it doesn't look like its from a hawk. On the hawks the bands go all the way through the feather not just one half. It's also not a turkey because they have the thin bands like that but again the bands go all the way across the feather not just half. Another thing that's confusing is that the bands are on the leading edge of the feather, when most birds with these type of markings have the bands on the trailing edge. Some game birds have markings on the leading edge but most would be to small for this feather. I wish I could help you more. What type of area was it found in. Obviously it's from a decent size bird if its 12 inches. Also check out not only birds found in that area but the immature plumage of those birds. Hope this helps.

A. Moses
A. Moses 11 years ago

It's a nice size... 12" tip to tip...2.5" wide

Sam5
Sam5 11 years ago

It's a beautiful feather. It's not from a red-shouldered hawk. How big is it

A. Moses
Spotted by
A. Moses

Florida, USA

Spotted on Oct 18, 2012
Submitted on Oct 19, 2012

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