Delaware, USA ids (1 Viewer)

[FlushUnderFoot]

1. pics are from October 12th, some kind of flycatcher?
2. taken a week ago, need confirmation that this is yellow-bellied sapsucker
3. also taken a week ago, at first i thought it was a red-bellied in weird light, but this is a flicker right?
4. pic taken on May 12th, the thin dark section of the leading edge of the wing makes me want to say red-tailed hawk and not broad winged or something else.

thoughts?

 

[steveo]

1 eastern pheobe
2 yellow bellied sapsucker
3 northern flicker
4 red-tailed hawk

 

[MSullivan]

agree 100%

 

[AlexC]

Agree.

4. pic taken on May 12th, the thin dark section of the leading edge of the wing makes me want to say red-tailed hawk and not broad winged or something else.

Noting the red tail might help you ID adult Red-taileds as well.

 

[FlushUnderFoot]

Noting the red tail might help you ID adult Red-taileds as well.

lol thanks for that, I'm so new to birds of prey that I just focused on the part of the pic that was clearest. So the tail alone gives it away as red-tailed in this pic?

 

[MLoyko]

lol thanks for that, I'm so new to birds of prey that I just focused on the part of the pic that was clearest. So the tail alone gives it away as red-tailed in this pic?

Yes in this case, young ones have brown barred tails so the field mark you mentioned (dark patagial area) and the belly band will help you there and when/if you can't see the tail.