Nice Zone-tail photo, thanks!
this comparison nicely shows what I was trying to say about the straight
trailing edge of Zone-tailed, no secondary bulge. Also shows the
Zone-tailed's light feet showing clearly against the dark undertail
coverts.
Okay, I'll stick my neck out and say that even
Hi Cayuga birders,
I have been following the discussion with interest and enjoying the back
and forth. I have to admit, that my initial impressions were the same as
Dave Nutter's - I thought the first photo was a red-tail and the others
were of a backlit Broad-winged Hawk. I just thought the secon
It is not something that I noticed, but I didn’t look for it specifically
either.
Ray
On Jun 16, 2014, at 1:40 PM, John Greenly wrote:
> Ray, one question: when you were observing through binocs, did you by any
> chance notice yellow feet, or see the feet clearly as showing up
> light-c
Ray, one question: when you were observing through binocs, did you by any
chance notice yellow feet, or see the feet clearly as showing up light-colored
against the black undertail coverts? A quite noticeable feature of Zone-tailed
as I remember.
--John
On Jun 16, 2014, at 1:10 PM, Ray Zi
Thanks everyone for the helpful discussion and sorry for my silence (busy with
life). Here’s a bit more information. First of all, I’ve added a few more
photos, of even worse quality :-/ Here’s an updated link …
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/nm25xfhyarydgxg/AAAvRHHfszKtNmiLRVoy-LYWa
To recap,
