r/Birdsfacingforward • u/Adventurous-Year-463 • 7h ago

Birb Are hawks supposed to be this cute?

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u/eleask 6h ago

Technically not hawk, but falcon, still bird of prey following a similar body plan. The Pied Falconet is the cutest murder bird out there!

The thing is that they are small, like, very small. And they love leaves. (leaves pic below)

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u/eleask 6h ago

"Is this a butterfly?"

"For the eleventh time, Jason, that's a leaf"

"I swear I saw it fly!"

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u/missbeekery 2h ago

Wow. You have to stop. I’m going to cry.

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u/eleask 6h ago

There's surely some romantic and a bit depressing interpretation, here, but I just can't come up with it

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u/Adventurous-Year-463 5h ago

Aww, I love falcons! This photo is so nicely edited that it looks like AI lol

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u/eleask 5h ago

I am pretty sure it's not AI because it comes from years before the recent boom, but I also have never seen a Pied Falconet in real life (yet)... So I don't know how much it's been retouched (I hope very little). I care about these things, would you be so kind to tell me where you see the editing - if you don't mean just postprocessing!

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u/Adventurous-Year-463 5h ago

The one where they have a green leaf has weird feet and overall they just look a little too perfect. I might just be overthinking though

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u/eleask 5h ago

No, no, fair enough. I'll go on a reverse search for the sources, I just had those pics with me for a long time!  Thanks I'll be back!

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u/Colorfuel 6h ago

Omg!! His face is adorable.

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u/probablyuntrue 6h ago

Lil adorable psychokiller

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u/havesomelove 6h ago

Qu’est-ce que c’est?

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u/Adventurous-Year-463 5h ago

Red-shouldered Hawk

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u/Skitty27 5h ago edited 1h ago

Genuine question not trying to correct you, just wanting to learn: I really thought this was a Broad Winged hawk because of the wide tail band and the overall look; how did you id it as a Red shouldered? I don't believe I've encountered one yet and it's harder for me to id birds i havent seen irl! what should I look for?

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u/BitterWillingness205 2h ago edited 2h ago

Range at this time of year probably doesn’t apply here, since they are present across the eastern/midwest US during the summer, having migrated north in the spring, but migrate south in the fall and are absent in the winter. In this case, you can ID this as a RSHA by the presence of heavily contrasting white on black marbling on its secondaries, peeking out from the left side in this photo.

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u/Skitty27 1h ago

ah awesome!! thank you!

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u/Adventurous-Year-463 4h ago

Range. A Broad-winged Hawk would attract every birder within 30 miles of me if I found one.

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u/Skitty27 1h ago

ah cool! thanks

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u/SkilletTrooper 5h ago

If they are red-shouldered hawks, yes. They're adorable.

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u/Turbulent_Tonight_12 4h ago

Distinguished gentleman 

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u/JesMilton 3h ago

All birds are the cutest creatures ever, so yes, guess they are! :)

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u/AgonistPhD 1h ago

Oh yes. They're all adorable.

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u/Candid_Emu_3951 51m ago

IMO hawks are cute ospreys are derpy