SFist: Photo: Name that Bird

mpantone

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:03:25 -0800

Dinner?

singlewall

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:21:23 -0800

that just shows your san francisco values - if you were from the real america, you would know that is a bald eagle

beer glasses

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:13:18 -0800

most definitely a Red Tail

doublegin

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:05:31 -0800

I saw that guy chilling outside the Moscone center on Sunday afternoon. I'm sure now that he's had a taste of the sweet sweet downtown rats and pigeons he'll probably move in for good.

kapshure

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:18:09 -0800

oh cool.. i didn't know. can't really see its breast/underbelly, so i was just going by the outer feather colors/patterns and matching on google-images. anyways.. thanks for clearing it up.

fizzandpop

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:04:10 -0800

So you're saying that October is not exactly the best month to be a kitten.

mtingley

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:03:52 -0800

Re kapshure: this is most definitely a red-tailed hawk, not a peregrine falcon.

mtingley

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:01:19 -0800

Naming won't matter much -- this is clearly a different individual than the one a week ago. Same species (red-tailed hawk), different individual. Red-tails can be seen soaring over the city every day, try looking up. October is a major month for raptors migrating over the San Francisco. Just go up to Hawk Hill some morning and watch the hawks fly past and over to the city.

kapshure

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:58:14 -0800

i dont have a name fer it --- but it looks like a peregrine falcon, right?

RobInSF

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:52:40 -0800

I say that we name it Steve.

fizzandpop

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:48:33 -0800

Kes