Calling the bird experts...

Blue Thunder · 06-27-2016, 06:54 PM

Can anyone of you bird experts tell me what this chick is? It's about the size of a large pigeon and fell out of a nest just minutes ago...

secondcurve · 06-27-2016, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Blue Thunder

Can anyone of you bird experts tell me what this chick is? It's about the size of a large pigeon and fell out of a nest just minutes ago...

I'd say a Woodcock.

noreast · 06-28-2016, 03:44 PM

The beaks hard to see,but doesn't look like a woodcock, + they wouldn't be in the tree. Baby's are tough to ID. The bill looks like a small gull, but slimmer.

Chickie · 06-28-2016, 05:24 PM

Woodcocks nest on the ground. Never saw them nest in trees.

secondcurve · 06-28-2016, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Chickie

Woodcocks nest on the ground. Never saw them nest in trees.

Blue Thunder probably mistakenly thought it fell from a tree. I'm almost certain it is a juvenile Woodcock.

Blue Thunder · 06-28-2016, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by secondcurve

Blue Thunder probably mistakenly thought it fell from a tree. I'm almost certain it is a juvenile Woodcock.

I'm told it was witnessed falling from a large nest in a tree. It's a hawk chick.

Airedale1 · 06-29-2016, 09:27 AM

It is a Hawk and it appears to be a Cooper's Hawk but I am not 100% sure.

noreast · 06-29-2016, 09:59 AM

Has to be a hawk, downy with a slightly curved beak. I haven't seen a Woodcock in a while but I think the bill is straight and aprox 3".

Slickcraft · 06-29-2016, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Airedale1

It is a Hawk and it appears to be a Cooper's Hawk but I am not 100% sure.

Photo of a Cooper's Hawk chick here:
https://www.google.com/search?q=coop...5m7-iZKEHFM%3A

Hillcountry · 06-30-2016, 03:12 PM

It's a ploving piper...

Agreed on the hawk.

Skip · 06-30-2016, 06:49 PM

So, now that we've resolved its identity, the next question begs to be asked: what happened to the poor thing????

06-27-2016, 06:54 PM	#1
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06-28-2016, 03:44 PM	#3
noreast Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 648 Thanks: 316 Thanked 120 Times in 93 Posts	The beaks hard to see,but doesn't look like a woodcock, + they wouldn't be in the tree. Baby's are tough to ID. The bill looks like a small gull, but slimmer. Last edited by noreast; 06-28-2016 at 05:23 PM.

06-28-2016, 05:24 PM	#4
Chickie Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 368 Thanks: 0 Thanked 67 Times in 38 Posts	Woodcocks Woodcocks nest on the ground. Never saw them nest in trees.

06-29-2016, 09:27 AM	#7
Airedale1 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Laconia Posts: 595 Thanks: 557 Thanked 1,569 Times in 274 Posts	It is a Hawk and it appears to be a Cooper's Hawk but I am not 100% sure. __________________ "The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit." Nelson Henderson (1865-1943)

06-30-2016, 06:49 PM	#11
Skip Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Dover, NH Posts: 1,615 Thanks: 256 Thanked 514 Times in 182 Posts	And the verdict is.... So, now that we've resolved its identity, the next question begs to be asked: what happened to the poor thing????

06-29-2016, 09:59 AM	#8
noreast Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 648 Thanks: 316 Thanked 120 Times in 93 Posts	Has to be a hawk, downy with a slightly curved beak. I haven't seen a Woodcock in a while but I think the bill is straight and aprox 3".

06-30-2016, 03:12 PM	#10
Hillcountry Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: In the hills Posts: 2,420 Thanks: 1,677 Thanked 786 Times in 466 Posts	It's a ploving piper... Agreed on the hawk.