Hi all,
I found the bird to best resemble the intermediate juvenile as seen in
Sibley.
good Birding,
Curt McDermott
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 14:47:09 -0700
From: troubleinshangri...@yahoo.com
Subject: [nysbirds-l] Swainson's hawk dark or light morph?
To: nysbirds-l@cornell.edu
I just realized that the hawk looks more like a dark morph juvenile that a
light morph. Do others agree? it is
very dark on the undersides and has a fairly dark head. The light morph
juvenile doesn't have these traits. If it is that's even more of a find since
the dark morphs are very uncommon.
Andrew
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