Raptor workshop
ID questions that confounded experts 30 years ago can be answered easily today — the trick is knowing the tricks
Contributed by Pete Dunne
Published:
December 22, 2011
Contributing Editor Pete Dunne summarizes the history of hawk identification, from Hawk Mountain founder Maurice Broun to Clay Sutton and David Sibley to present day. He explains why birdwatchers for years have had difficulty telling Sharp-shinned Hawks from Cooper's Hawks. And he gives hawk-watch-tested tips not for identifying the birds, but for recognizing them.
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