Comments on: Bird ID Challenge http://www.kabt.org/2008/12/22/bird-id-challenge/ Kansas Association of Biology Teachers' News and Resources Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:56:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: bechardkeleigh http://www.kabt.org/2008/12/22/bird-id-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-1374 bechardkeleigh Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:33:41 +0000 http://www.kabt.org/?p=1255#comment-1374 going to go out on a limb ; ) and say cooper's btw, love the website!! kb going to go out on a limb ; )

and say cooper’s

btw, love the website!!

kb

]]> By: Brad Williamson http://www.kabt.org/2008/12/22/bird-id-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-1373 Brad Williamson Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:22:51 +0000 http://www.kabt.org/?p=1255#comment-1373 That is nice---life size on my computer. Beeeeeuuutiful. Welcome Keleigh (from Idaho) to the KABT Bioblog and congrats on your PAEMST. You'll be able to id this one for sure, now. BW That is nice—life size on my computer. Beeeeeuuutiful.

Welcome Keleigh (from Idaho) to the KABT Bioblog and congrats on your PAEMST. You’ll be able to id this one for sure, now.

BW

]]> By: Eric Kessler http://www.kabt.org/2008/12/22/bird-id-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-1372 Eric Kessler Tue, 23 Dec 2008 02:21:06 +0000 http://www.kabt.org/?p=1255#comment-1372 A more resolute image can be viewed here: www.bv229.k12.ks.us/biophilia/HawkImage.JPG A more resolute image can be viewed here:

http://www.bv229.k12.ks.us/biophilia/HawkImage.JPG

]]> By: bechardkeleigh http://www.kabt.org/2008/12/22/bird-id-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-1371 bechardkeleigh Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:46:41 +0000 http://www.kabt.org/?p=1255#comment-1371 an accipiter; by size i would say an adult cooper's hawk; tail looks like tipped in white (or is that snow?) but can't tell if rounded (CH) or square(SSH); could als0 be a adult female sharp-shinned hawk : ) hard to tell size but ssh is about as big as a dove; can't tell from picture how big it is relative to prey; head does look a bit smaller than body so possibly ssh...bird id conundrum... an accipiter; by size i would say an adult cooper’s hawk; tail looks like tipped in white (or is that snow?) but can’t tell if rounded (CH) or square(SSH); could als0 be a adult female sharp-shinned hawk : ) hard to tell size but ssh is about as big as a dove; can’t tell from picture how big it is relative to prey; head does look a bit smaller than body so possibly ssh…bird id conundrum…

]]> By: Brad Williamson http://www.kabt.org/2008/12/22/bird-id-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-1370 Brad Williamson Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:40:31 +0000 http://www.kabt.org/?p=1255#comment-1370 Eric, I guess I'll "accipt" your charge to provide confirmation on the id. You'd have to have the sharp eye of James Fenimore Cooper's character, Hawkeye to id this hawk--maybe we should just call it a 'guess hawk' ;-) Someone is going to have to step up and work the i.d......before Stan and I start arguing... Eric, I guess I’ll “accipt” your charge to provide confirmation on the id. You’d have to have the sharp eye of James Fenimore Cooper’s character, Hawkeye to id this hawk–maybe we should just call it a ‘guess hawk’ ;-)

Someone is going to have to step up and work the i.d……before Stan and I start arguing…

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