Thanks for all the responses to my hawk question! There is wide agreement that it is a rufous-morph red-tailed hawk.
Ann Price says See Plate 357, pg 348, of the *Raptors of Western North America*, by Brian Wheeler. And it resembles some photos by Schmoker: http://schmoker.org/BirdPics/RTHA.html This bird is a bit darker, but Wheeler does note "Belly and flanks vary from mottled with dark brown to solid dark brown". I found an interesting article on the subject by Jerry Liguori in "Birding" http://www.aba.org/birding/v36n5p500.pdf The bird was in a tree by the road in Cherry Creek State Park to the west of the headquarters building. And people have observed it there for a couple of winters. Regarding camera equipment: the shots were taken with a panasonic G1 and Olympus 70-300mm (effective 140-600mm). The shot was not very sharp: here are a few others with that lens: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46209...@n02/sets/72157623149021686/ This is a great place to learn more about the sometimes difficult (for us) art of hawk identification! thanks, Roger Isaacs Englewood, CO On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 5:44 PM, Roger Isaacs <[email protected]>wrote: > We saw this hawk in Cherry Creek State Park on Monday. Totally dark head, > rufus bib. It must be too early for a Swainsons. Any ideas? > http://www.flickr.com/photos/46209...@n02/sets/72157623318663009/ > > thanks, > Roger Isaacs > Englewood, CO > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds". To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en Visit the CFO Website at: www.cfo-link.org
