Larry -
does your birding friend have a wish list for specific flora? When we
were traveling in the 80's up to '92 out west I took
careful notes as I was still submitting stuff to animals Animals/Earth
Scenes and I have a few boxes of dups and rejects from them that have
specific locations and species. They had to be razor sharp and well
ID'd.. and Ive
travelled somewhere in California alone in the 90's, 2002, 2005. anyway
I may have something I could contribute
as I'm sure you do too!
ann
On 2/27/2018 1:42 AM, Larry Colen 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.
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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>>
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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?
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