COBirders, Well, this thread is ended. While the belly-band isn't really a classic Red-tail BAND per se it's within the range, I guess, so I'll have to concede this youngster is indeed what others have determined. I wonder if the young bird in question could be a recent fledgling.
Several years ago a local Pueblo birding couple coined the term PART-hawk (Probably A Red Tail) for a buteo of dubious identification. My wife and I use a spin-off of that: DART-hawk (Definitely A Red Tail), which is what applies here, which makes me a Red-faced Human. Leon Bright, Pueblo -- 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/00c901d1dae4%24beb5a8f0%243c20fad0%24%40comcast.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.