July 20 Emails:
I caught a quick picture of this hawk before it took off out into a field next to my driveway. - Casey Irwin
Just a shell of its former self, a freshly-minted Cicada for your viewing pleasure drying out on my fence. - Mike VanderStelt
Casey, thanks for the photo. I emailed you my guess as to the species of this hawk. Let's see what others might say. Mike, your cicada does indeed look freshly minted! Thanks! I had two exited-skeletons on my shed last week, but saw neither of the cicadas that left them there.
ReplyDeleteCasey, I just posted your photo of the Red-tailed Hawk. It's always gratifying to have a guess be correct, but I wasn't positive about redtail until you sent your other photos. One of the things that bothered me initially in this photo was the extreme thinness (like an accipiter, almost sharp-shin thin) of what looked like the left leg. On closer inspection that appeared to be just a twig. At any rate, thanks for the definitive answer!
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