Folks- I headed up to Hygiene today on a birdseed run. On my way there I was very pleased to see the light Harlan's Hawk that has an affinity for the power poles near 75th & Airport, back for a 5th winter. I first noted the hawk 23 Nov. 2007<http://brdpics.blogspot.com/2007/11/light-harlans-hawk.html%29>and many have seen it in the area every winter since. Many of you know the bird's incredible story but in case you haven't I'll mention that Jerry Liguori (author of *Hawks From Every Angle: How To Identify Raptors in Flight* <http://www.buteobooks.com/product/11425.html> <http://www.buteobooks.com/product/11425.html>and *Hawks at a Distance: Identification of Migrant Raptors<http://www.buteobooks.com/product/13423.html> )* photographed the same bird at Gunsight Mountain, Alaska in migration to its breeding grounds in the spring of 2009. (For more on this awesome-sounding hawkwatch site, check out this recent article (PDF file<http://tinyurl.com/7vmrhox%20>) from *Birding* *Magazine*.*
*Feather-by-feather analysis of flight photos from Colorado & Alaska clearly established it was the same bird and we co-authored an article documenting the long distance photo-recovery in *Colorado Birds* Vol. 44 No. 1, Jan. 2010 (PDF here <https://files.me.com/bill.schmoker/nyaojn>). Good to see this old friend back again from Alaska! Enjoy- Bill Schmoker, Longmont -- /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ | Bill Schmoker | | [email protected] | | http://schmoker.org | | http://brdpics.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.
