Hi Paula, Yesterday afternoon around 5:30 I had a large, very light Ferruginous on the ground just west of S. 100th St., across from Mary's Lake outside Broomfield. I took some horribly backlit pictures, and will post at least one on my daveabirding <http://daveabirding.blogspot.com/> blog - not much to look at but they do show the feathered legs, and white head with the dark line. Whether or not it was the same individual they are sharp looking birds.
Dave On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Paula Hansley <[email protected]>wrote: > CObirders, > > I came home to check the possible Gyrfalcon in my hawk books. > Unfortunately, I did not see the bird fly to be able to see the shape of the > wings. After looking at many pictures, I decided that it could be a very > light morph Ferruginous Hawk. My impression at first, however, was of a > bird with an almost white head and a faint dark line above the eye. The > body was hefty (bulky), suggesting a Ferruginous, rather than a large > falcon. The breast was white with only the faintest of markings on the > belly (suggestive of a white-morph Ferruginous). I did not see if the legs > were feathered, because I was told to move my car (it was blocking a school > driveway) before I could see them. > > I hope someone else sees it, for it is a beautiful bird! > > Paula Hansley > Louisville > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<cobirds%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en. > -- David Alcock Broomfield, CO http://daveabirding.blogspot.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. 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.
