Bird Identification: CLOSED: Small Hawk-like Bird in the Yard, 1 by sunnyg
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Subject: CLOSED: Small Hawk-like Bird in the Yard
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sunnyg wrote: I've never seen one of these birds before, and it appears to have an injured foot. It looks like a hawk, but is much, much smaller than any hawk I've ever seen before. I did a little digging and the size appears to match a Merlin, but I'm not sure about markings, whether they are in this region (San Jose, CA) etc. Any ideas? Thanks in advance! |