Hello all! While birding with Barb Patterson's Avian Conservation class yesterday at the (private) Swift Ponds east of Fort Collins, the class (about 30 students) viewed a large hawk with very very distinct white stripes perpendicular across the top of its wings. Bill Miller was with us and he identified it as a Red Tailed hawk based on the tail, but he admitted that he was not quite sure because of the incredibly bright stripes. We jokingly decided that it was a cross between a Red Tailed and a Common Nighthawk because the stripes were nearly in the same place along the top of the wings. The tail was not distinctly red per se, but was minimally banded such as a juvenile Red Tailed. I wish that I had my camera because we got some great looks at it and would have been able to get some good shots as well. Any Thoughts on this? Has anyone else seen bright white perpendicular stripes on the top of Red Tailed hawk wings? Is this a common "between molts" coloring? Thanks!
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