SeEtta et al., Your Red-tailed is a Harlan's, not a Western. Or some derivation of both. Notice the odd tail pattern, gray at the base with only a few bits of red near the tip. Also, the white mottling on the breast, throat and face is good for Harlan's. A Rufous-morph Western usually has a rufous wash on the breast. It would be acceptable for an immature intermediate (Rufous) or dark-morph Western Red-tailed to have some white mottling on the breast, but the combination is not seen on adult birds. A pretty neat bird (they all are). The bird that Dave Waltman recently posted is what I consider to be an intermediate (Rufous) morph Western.
Christian Nunes [email protected] http://www.flickr.com/photos/christian_nunes/ Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 23:46:39 -0600 Subject: [cobirds] Dowitchers and Snow Geese in Pueblo County From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Yesterday I was able to get in a little birding in Pueblo County after an appointment in town. I found a small flock of latish Dowitchers feeding in an irrigation pond. In a larger pond were 4-5 Snow Geese and possibly more as well as a lot of other waterfowl. At dusk I found a Rufous-morph Red-tailed Hawk and got photos of it in flight. I have posted photos of the hawk and distant Dowitchers as well as some Pronghorn on my BirdsAndNature blog. SeEtta Moss Canon City http://BirdsAndNature.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. -- 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.
