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Flying pig
Hawkdancer:
If it isn't real big,( pigeon size) it is possibly a sparrow hawk,(or kestrel).
Hawkdancer
Hummingbird Point:
Looks like a red shouldered hawk to me, but hard to say.
My youngest is almost 13 but I still have dozens of nursery rhymes stuck in my head from reading to the kids when they were little.
Hickory dickory dare
A pig flew up in the air
The man in brown
Soon brought it down
Hickory dickory dare
BowEd:
My second guess was a brown shouldered hawk too.The hawk is a shade smalller than a red tail hawk so it's definitely not a sparrow hawk.I see those a lot around here too.Both red shoulder and northern gos are native to Iowa.
Anyway it's winter and it's slim pickens for these raptors.Except for scavaging on road killed deer and other anilmals.The DNR has put a stifle on the road killed deer too testing them for CWD then pulling them off the road.
DC:
Goshawks are quite skinny with long legs but all huddled up in the cold like that it's hard to say. I would guess that it's not a gos. Immature colouring can mess with your guesses this time of year too.
BowEd:
Yes I realize that about immaturity.Especially on red tailed hawks and have seen those before.I'm sure it's not an immature red tail though because the the tail feathers are barred.This birds legs are longer and skinnier than a red tailed hawks is too.Overall the bird is smaller boned than a red tail.
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