Mature adult -- Harlan's Hawk. Dark, chocolate brown, faint white striping on upper breast. Undertail pale gray, slightly barred. Upper tail, white speckling . Bill tip dark. In flight, gray underrated clearly visible, upper tail mostly dark. Body completely black/chocolate brown. Primaries lighter showing trailing darker edge. Caught a mouse and ate it in the single tree. Then flew off to the east.
Location in the median strip between Quincy and C470. At the Quincy exit, going south on C470, Quincy is on the west side of the highway. The Harlan's Hawk was in the lone tree in the strip between Quincy and the highway. Flew off toward the east after people arrived. JoAnn Hackos Evergreen CO joann.hac...@comtech-serv.com -- 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 cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/cfa8650d-4e7f-4007-9ca0-6c1f30c0b864%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
