Question about hawks

[Rookie]

And she be a he...

 

[hoosierdaddy1976]

are you sure they're not black vultures?

if not, i'm stumped without pics.

 

[Hammer]

Take this advise or not, but do not even dream you thought about shooting a raptor. The fallout is not worth it.

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

Also - if it's anywhere near Kokomo - it's highly unlikely that they're black vultures.

They're a more southernly bird. Not super duper common in IN - generally around the counties that border the Ohio River across from KY.

I guess that this time of year - they could also be turkey...as opposed to turkey vultures. They love to roost in communities.

-J-

 

[Rookie]

are you sure they're not black vultures?

if not, i'm stumped without pics.

Nope, their head is much longer.

 

[Rookie]

Take this advise or not, but do not even dream you thought about shooting a raptor. The fallout is not worth it.

Believe me, I have zero intentions of even aiming a gun in their general direction. They're too cool.

 

[indiucky]

With all due respect are you sure that they are hawks? It seems rather unusual for there to be that many hawks together for an extended period of time.

Actually not that unusual...Especially this time of year...Known as a "kettle" of hawks when they are migrating..Vultures do the same thing and Red Tailed "hawks" are actually in the "buteo" (sic) or vulture family...With it being March you may be seeing some hawks migrating and if so the question will be moot before long...

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I used to be into birding and spent alot of nerd time studying hawks....

 

[Jake226]

Indiucky...I like that. Haha. I grew up in Kentuckiana. Hope to move back at some point.

 

[Zoub]

Another scenario is these could be Malaysian Hawks, just blown off their normal migration by the polar vortex.

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

The only raptor that I've ever seen going after a dog was a Great Horned Owl and the dog was a small Pomeranian. This time of year, depending on where you are, you might be seeing migrating hawks moving through, but they're not gonna bother a dog, even a small one.

I also used to be a bit of a birding nerd; a vestige of my Wildlife Biologist days, before I learned that there wasn't any money in that and I gave it up and got a real job.

 

[sig1473]

I used to be into birding and spent alot of nerd time studying hawks....

Don't feel too bad! Haha. One of my favorite classes in college was Ornithology. I even got my father into bird watching. There were only 2 of us in the class so those made for fun trips to Atterbury and Muscatatuck.

 

[Bounty Hunter]

We have a lot of Red Tail Hawks behind the house every year. Some year round. They do not bother our dogs at all, although they do fly over the house all the time.

I counted over 60 flying over the gravel pit one night while on break at work. They stay year round. Every night the fly over. Dozens of them. They nest on the walls of the pit, and they are everywhere. I think they are catching a air current from there, and they just awesome to watch.