Juvenile redtail hawk or Swainson's morph??

[Marcia Wade - Lafayette, Boulder County]

This guy was at Wanaka Lake last week.  At first I thought it was a juvie red tail hawk

who didn't have his red tail yet, but I was confused b/c he was sitting in the tree that 

the Wanaka Swainson's hawks nested in last year.  Perhaps he is a Swainson's moph? Any thoughts?  Third  pic with the ruffled feathers is there b/c I'm fascinated by those 

little birds who attack hawks - the blue jay on far left of pic had just rammed into hawk 

full-tilt - and just wanted to share it.  Thanks. 

 

[Susan Rosine]

It's a Swainson's Hawk. Note the "bib", which a Red-tailed Hawk wouldn't have.

Susan Rosine

Brighton

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