Very nice photo! Thanks. This appears to be an adult (based on breast pattern; jury would show vertical streaks) Cooper's Hawk, based on proportions of bird, rounded, not squared off tail, position of eye in head, etc. I have never seen one this dark! Off hand I would call it melanistic. Even the terminal tail band is dark and it is usually white. I don't think they have pale and dark "phases" like buteos. I will be intrigued by comments from raptor experts.
Joe Roller,* Denver **Raptor ignoramus* On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 2:54 PM, Jeannie <[email protected]> wrote: > > I can not identify this hawk that I saw last week at the Dog park at > Cherry Creek State Park, Arapahoe County. Many people I know have tried to > ID it, but so far, no one is sure. > > Please take a look and any help would be appreciated. > > http://www.pbase.com/image/157919391 > > Thanks, > Jeannie Girard > > Aurora > > -- > 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/CAK0PuHjFP3VmM_50X5YBCSFnTnkgKNO2i%2BKttv5VbydRz%2BKQfw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAK0PuHjFP3VmM_50X5YBCSFnTnkgKNO2i%2BKttv5VbydRz%2BKQfw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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/CAJpZcUD6Wm3dh61eX_6y%2BOHvQwhp6%2BscBQiqiaAL6N8%3DzQ29_g%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
