There is a almost pure white red-tailed hawk that lives here and has for aboit 12 years. We've all done that!
Jessi Oberbeck Westminster, CO On Apr 1, 2016 8:09 PM, "Caitlin Majlinger" <[email protected]> wrote: > My son and I were playing golf at Legacy Ridge golf course in Westminster > this afternoon. On the back nine of the course we observed a large nearly > pure white raptor with no visible markings several times. It flew around > the course perching on power poles, houses and in trees, sometimes flying > low over the fairways. The closest we got to it was about 200 yards. We > didn't have binos but we watched it repeatedly with a 5x golf range finder > (a monocular). I've seen many prairie falcons and peregrine falcons. This > bird appeared to be a falcon, heavier bodied than a prairie or peregrine > falcon. It had long wide pointed wings and a longish tail. It flew with > slower wing beats than a smaller falcon. I realize how rare gyrfalcons are > in Colorado, but I can't imagine what else this could have been. > > If you live in the area, please be on the lookout for this bird, and if > anyone should see it and is able to confirm the ID, please reply to this > post. Thanks! > > -- > 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/1aaa200a-7f07-428a-acbe-223b0010f145%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/1aaa200a-7f07-428a-acbe-223b0010f145%40googlegroups.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/CACThKQNZpyc1x2h4m9ny9-2omKer1kckz2Ks7daaP9jBD1QkdQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
