I got to see a couple of Steve's pictures, and consulted with Jerry Ligouri.
This is a rufous morph of the subspecies calurus -- Western Red-tailed Hawk.
Anyone get pictures of the one in Staten Island or see it again?
Steve Walter
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I got to see a couple of Steve’s pictures, and consulted with Jerry Ligouri.
This is a rufous morph of the subspecies calurus -- Western Red-tailed Hawk
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I relocated the Western RTHA today in the Black Dirt Region, Orange County, NY.
It flew in and perched and then