Let’s stop the politics and just flood this sub with cool Vermont shit. (Like this cool sharp-shinned hawk that got stuck in my barn)Outrageous-Outside61 OP t1_ivm8msa wrote
shred-i t1_ivni40n wrote
You can age then fairly reliably by eye color. Yellow is a juvenile, this looks like. Second year, and they get redder with age. I would have to see a retained upper tail covert to be sure of it being a second year though.
Outrageous-Outside61 OP t1_ivo126x wrote
Interesting! We’ve got a bunch of them here. They have to be one of the dumber hawks I’ve been around. About every couple months one will get into the barn and not be able to get out. Another time one came down our chimney
shred-i t1_ivoivh2 wrote
Not dumb necessarily, just extremely prey driven. They are likely focused on catching sparrows or other small birds that maybe retreat into the barn.
Active_Elk_1037 t1_ivn7rp9 wrote
epic
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