In addition to all the shorebirds and waterbirds in Florence today I also spotted a Broad-winged Hawk perched in a tree several hundred feet off the road. Unfortunately due to the distance and the tree limbs that obscured the view I couldn't get a reasonable photo.
I have had a difficult time finding much info on the dark morph Broad-tailed Hawk I posted about yesterday other than statements in field guides and online that dark morphs are rare. Did find this in Birds of North America online: "Rare dark morph breeds in far western portion of the range and is seen in migration in e. Great Plains and occasionally in w. North America." So I guess they breed in Canada which has the most western sections of their range. If anyone has more info on these rare dark morphs I would be interested. This has been a good year for Broad-winged Hawks migrating through the Canon City area. SeEtta Moss Canon City Personal blog @ http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com Blogging for Birds an Blooms Magazine @ http://BirdsAndBloomsBlog.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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
