luke_fultz's Identifications

terrible pict - forgot i had scope in back - i see them in my neighborhood every once in a while - this one flew to telephone pole near newly constructed house in otherwise treeless expanse of ag fields - you can see solid dark head contrasting i think with white belly or perhaps white wing patches - hard to mistake this species with any other - this was adult bird with completely red head - not picked up well in shot) very visible white wing patches that heavily contrasts with black back - flew away northeast towards distant woodlot

sorry for distant shot - long lanky big head long tail thinly striped breat - tail looks somewhat long and possibly rounded in picture though not easy to tell - more obvious looking at imm through scope -