A few people emailed me for some more information on the bird, so I am just sending it out to the group.
On Wednesday 8/26 I was driving south on York next to LUNA Res. I spotted a Northern Harrier take flight from on top of the hill east of the road. On second glance I thought Turley Vulture since the wings and body were dark. Looking at the head I confirmed it was a NOHA. The harrier then flew northwest across the field in typical harrier flight. The back of the bird was all dark and it had no white rump patch. The flight weathers were very pale almost white contrasing sharply with the underwing. It also appeared to have a little white on top of the wings, but it was heading into the sun so I didn't geta great look. I google searched and came up with an ABA photo quiz, http://www.aba.org/birding/v41n4p74.pdf , that shows a dark morph Northern Harrier, but could find no other information. Todd Deininger Longmont, CO --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Colorado Field Ornithologists: http://www.cfo-link.org/ Colorado County Birding: http://www.coloradocountybirding.com/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.as/group/cobirds?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
