A strong clue to the ID of these young hawks is that the tarsi are feathered or "rough." The old name for Ferruginous Hawk was "Ferruginous Rough-leg." (Ref: Peterson, 1941)
Great photos! Thanks. Joe Roller, denver Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 30, 2013, at 7:58 AM, kickback <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think these pictures are all of immature ferruginous hawks that i have seen > recently around Colorado Springs and Falcon but I am not really sure. > > Please send me any comments > > Thanks > > Bill > > Colorado Springs > > [email protected] > > http://www.avoapples.com/birds/IMG_3767_cr.jpg > http://www.avoapples.com/birds/IMG_3775_cr.jpg > http://www.avoapples.com/birds/IMG_3670_cr.jpg > http://www.avoapples.com/birds/IMG_2703_cr.jpg > http://www.avoapples.com/birds/IMG_2701_cr.jpg > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/ff6997a6-49af-4d5c-ab36-925f02597b41%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/13C8025B-88C6-4DCA-9075-8AF9AE265CE5%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
