Thanks Larry. Great information. Paul
> On Feb 27, 2018, at 1:42 AM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > > I asked a friend who is excellent at ID'ing local fauna about the bird. His > comments are below, but it's definitely a redtail. RJ really enjoys ID'ing > from photos, so I can put anyone who is interested in contact with him. I was > thinking of introducing him and Jack because RJ is working on a project to > get photos of 50 native plants and 50 native animals from each of the > counties in California. > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: Fwd: PESO Raptor Rapture > Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 06:25:45 +0000 (UTC) > > To: Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> > > > > > Hi Larry, > > Definitely a Red-tailed Hawk (adult). At first I thought it was the pale > prairie subspecies often referred to as a "Krider's" Red-tailed Hawk, > but the extensive belly band and the tail with orange going all the way > to the base (rather than with an extensive whitish wash at the base and > orange only on the outer half), leaves me to think this is what is often > called a pale-morph Red-tailed Hawk. Red-tails are extremely variable > and can range from very pale like this one to almost entirely > chocolate-brown. > > Fantastic photos - thanks for sharing them! > RJ > On Monday, February 26, 2018, 6:00:06 PM PST, Larry Colen > <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > > > RJ, > > Could you help with an ID question? > > thanks, > LRC > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: PESO Raptor Rapture > Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 16:28:12 -0500 > From: Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@mac.com <mailto:pnstenqu...@mac.com>> > Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net <mailto:pdml@pdml.net>> > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net <mailto:pdml@pdml.net>> > > We don’t get many big brawny birds here in the heartland. But today a > hawk landed in a nearby spruce while I was shooting dinky sparrows and > chickadees. Not easy to identify him sitting in a tree, and at first I > thought it was Cooper’s Hawk. > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/4o9lnaof9xso1x0/8136.jpg?dl=0 > > But I got one throwaway shot of him in flight, and due to the wing > markings and the broad red tail, I think he’s a red-tailed hawk. > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/sdsvezmykexlqmu/8144.jpg?dl=0 > > What say you? > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net <mailto:PDML@pdml.net> > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com <mailto:l...@red4est.com> (postbox on > min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
