Ben and others, this is a dark morph Western Red-tail. Nick Komar Fort Collins CO
> On Dec 17, 2018, at 9:15 PM, Ben S <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > First to be clear, I DID NOT see this bird. Someone had seen this hawk and > posted it on the Colorado Field Ornithologists Facebook page, asking for the > ID. I happened to see the post and thought it looked possibly like a Harris's > Hawk. They had seen it at Big Stratton Reservoir, in Colorado Springs. The > bird is clearly a slender, mostly black buteo-type Hawk. The yellow bill, > rufous on chest, and white on tail had me thinking it is a possible Harris's > Hawk. The only other bird I can think of is dark morph Red-tail. The photo > was taken with a cell phone. If it looks plausible for a Harris's, it may be > worthwhile for one of you CO Springs birders to check it out. If it does turn > out to be a Red-tailed Hawk, I apologize for the false alarm. What do you all > think about the ID? > > <hawk seen at big stratton reservoir - Edited (2).jpg> > > > Ben Sampson, > Centennial, CO > -- > 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/3349771e-2b50-467e-9998-acc6288b915a%40googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > <hawk seen at big stratton reservoir - Edited (2).jpg> -- 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/D6CB7F49-012B-44ED-8114-ACD4C7037810%40comcast.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
