What about a dark morph juvenile Broad-winged Hawk? Just a thought. I know the tail looks long and the bird looks too thin. But again, just a thought. I've never seen a Cooper's Hawk that dark.
Ira Sanders On Oct 22, 2014 4:42 PM, "Kay Niyo" <[email protected]> wrote: > I am not a hawk expert either! But I agree with Joe. Adult Cooper’s > based on the head shape, eyes, tail, and horizontal breast streaking, etc. > I wished I had the photo in PhotoShop so I could lighten it a bit. Would > guess that the breast would tend to show a little more rufous orange in the > streaking and not quite as dark brown, but don’t know that. Didn’t try it > since it is a private photo in pbase. > > > > Kay > > Kayleen A. Niyo, Ph.D. > > Niyo Scientific Communications > > 5651 Garnet St. > > Golden, CO 80403 > > 303.679.6646 > > [email protected]; www.KayNiyo.com > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Joe Roller > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 22, 2014 3:12 PM > *To:* Jeannie Girard > *Cc:* Colorado Birds > *Subject:* Re: [cobirds] Hawk Id > > > > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAJpZcUD6Wm3dh61eX_6y%2BOHvQwhp6%2BscBQiqiaAL6N8%3DzQ29_g%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/023301cfee41%241c757b60%2455607220%24%40com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/023301cfee41%241c757b60%2455607220%24%40com?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/CABF3siF2BtJPT5okiBK4wFYPLo8o5yHd6E1t_qpSm8WVxQqQUg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
