COBirders, After looking at photo that Brandon Percival took of a Harlan's Hawk Tuesday afternoon and my not being able to find any trace of a Zone-tailed Hawk, yesterday and today, I've decided not to submit the sighting to the Colorado Bird Records Committee. The bird my CBC partner and I saw flying in the wind Tuesday morning showed a flight pattern similar to a Harrier. It did not perch. The underwing pattern was very similar to that of a Turkey Vulture. I saw a single dirty white band midway in the tail only when the tail was spread. During the two instances I saw the bird I did not get close enough to see any details of the bill, head or legs. The bird appeared black overall. Brandon's photo of a distant Harlan's Hawk in the same general area looks similar enough to the bird I saw that I now have doubts about my original I.D.
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