Plus eye color is wrong for adult Coop, unless it's a light and photography thing.
Chip Clouse Olde Town Arvada On Oct 22, 2014 4:39 PM, "Ira Sanders" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. 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