Re: [cobirds] Light morph Ferruginous Hawk rather than Gyrfalcon?

Hi Paula, Yesterday afternoon around 5:30 I had a large, very light Ferruginous on the ground just west of S. 100th St., across from Mary's Lake outside Broomfield. I took some horribly backlit pictures, and will post at least one on my daveabirding blog - not m

[cobirds] Light morph Ferruginous Hawk rather than Gyrfalcon?

CObirders, I came home to check the possible Gyrfalcon in my hawk books. Unfortunately, I did not see the bird fly to be able to see the shape of the wings. After looking at many pictures, I decided that it could be a very light morph Ferruginous Hawk. My impression at first, however, was of a b