Very nice photo! Thanks. This appears to be an adult (based on breast pattern; jury would show vertical streaks) Cooper's Hawk, based on proportions of bird, rounded, not squared off tail, position of eye in head, etc. I have never seen one this dark! Off hand I would call it melanistic. Even the terminal tail band is dark and it is usually white. I don't think they have pale and dark "phases" like buteos. I will be intrigued by comments from raptor experts.
Joe Roller,* Denver **Raptor ignoramus* On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 2:54 PM, Jeannie <nikonjean...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I can not identify this hawk that I saw last week at the Dog park at > Cherry Creek State Park, Arapahoe County. Many people I know have tried to > ID it, but so far, no one is sure. > > Please take a look and any help would be appreciated. > > http://www.pbase.com/image/157919391 > > Thanks, > Jeannie Girard > > Aurora > > -- > 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/CAK0PuHjFP3VmM_50X5YBCSFnTnkgKNO2i%2BKttv5VbydRz%2BKQfw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAK0PuHjFP3VmM_50X5YBCSFnTnkgKNO2i%2BKttv5VbydRz%2BKQfw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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/CAJpZcUD6Wm3dh61eX_6y%2BOHvQwhp6%2BscBQiqiaAL6N8%3DzQ29_g%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
