I did re-sight this hawk today and it's definitely a very dark Red-Tailed Hawk. I spied it hanging out in the trees along County Line Rd in Erie, near the intersection with Telleen Ave. A couple of pics here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/63892538@N04/8252721475/in/photostream/ Thanks! Nancy Rynes Lafayette, CO On Sunday, December 2, 2012 4:57:55 PM UTC-7, Nancy Rynes wrote: > > I spotted a VERY dark buteo along County Line Road between Jay Rd and Erie > Parkway at about noon today. It flew up from the grasses about 30 ft west > of County Line and took off to the south. The bird was so dark-colored that > I briefly thought it was a Raven. It was bigger than a Raven with a > definite buteo head and light-colored (yellowish) raptor-shaped beak. I did > not get a good look at the trailing edge, underside of its wings although > leading edge underside was very dark. Upper side of body, wings, and tail > very dark. No sign of red on or near the tail. I was driving in traffic > with cyclists on the road so couldn't pull a quick U-turn to follow it. By > the time I could pull off the road I'd completely lost sight of it. I'm > going to try to resight it but don't think the odds are too great. > > Has anyone else seen this bird and ID-ed it? Please e-mail me - I'd love > to know what it was. > > Thanks! > > Nancy Rynes > Lafayette, CO > -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/cobirds/-/utBHbr2LJlkJ. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
