tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743688930480262404.post3822390899645153438..comments2023-12-17T06:43:50.848-05:00Comments on Pioneer Birding: Blueberry Hill, Granville - Oct 5thJames P. Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10651871438764429809noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7743688930480262404.post-65991431524601315232008-10-06T17:24:00.000-04:002008-10-06T17:24:00.000-04:00James,To me that Accp. looks like a Sharp-shinned...James,<BR/>To me that Accp. looks like a Sharp-shinned Hawk, the streaking appears heavish through the breast onto the belly...but then again its not "real" heavy. The tail appears squared off with the outer feathers seemly "nicked off" making look a bit roundish but more more like some field guides show for female SS...also there does not appear to be much of white terminal band on the tail again pointing toward SS. The head "size" or projection past the wing I find tough to gauge in the photos.<BR/> That said, I didn't see the bird in person and flying. Also, colors and shading of light can do some odd things in photography. <BR/><BR/>I wonder sometimes if hawk watchers, and I am one of them (so I am pointing a finger at myself as much as any one else), don't use the unidentified Accip. column on the "score pad enough". I may get a nasty email from hawk counters at Cape May but here goes: this year at Cape May 7888 SS and CH have been counted and NO Un ID'd Accips.! Not ONE passed too quickly, was too far or just didn't get seen well enough to not be ID'd? While I do not doubt the overall numbers and ratios are "directionally correct", there had to be at least 1 "I don't know" of the bunch.Tom Pirrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12399923571288826319noreply@blogger.com