[cobirds] Harlan's Hawk-- Jefferson County
Mature adult -- Harlan's Hawk. Dark, chocolate brown, faint white striping on upper breast. Undertail pale gray, slightly barred. Upper tail, white speckling . Bill tip dark. In flight, gray underrated clearly visible, upper tail mostly dark. Body completely black/chocolate brown. Primaries lighter showing trailing darker edge. Caught a mouse and ate it in the single tree. Then flew off to the east. Location in the median strip between Quincy and C470. At the Quincy exit, going south on C470, Quincy is on the west side of the highway. The Harlan's Hawk was in the lone tree in the strip between Quincy and the highway. Flew off toward the east after people arrived. JoAnn Hackos Evergreen CO joann.hac...@comtech-serv.com -- 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/cfa8650d-4e7f-4007-9ca0-6c1f30c0b864%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[cobirds] Harlan's Hawk - Jefferson County
Around 11:30 this morning I spotted a Harlan's Hawk northwest of the round-a-bout at C470 and Belleview (have to take the Quincy Exit off C470 to get to the round-a-bout). This is the first time this winter I have seen a Harlan's in this area, although in previous winters there has been a Harlan's in this area on a somewhat regular basis. I was able to pull off the road and get several good looks through my binocs. When I first saw the Harlan's, there were some crows as well as another Red-tail (Eastern) in the same tree. The Harlan's was a distinctly larger bird the Eastern Red-tail. Judging from the size comparison, I think the Harlan's was a female dark intermediate morph. The bird was mostly black with a very small amount of white streaking on the breast, a hint of white on the back of the head, and a pale gray tail with a neat black subterminal band. Mike Henwood Morrison - Jefferson County -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Colorado Birds. 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.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en Visit the CFO Website at: www.cfo-link.org
