Raptors
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M Gregory
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Ken Miracle
Not a Ferruginous Hawk or you would see feathering all the way down the legs to the feet.
Given the size and coloration I would say it is a nice shot of a dark morphed Red-tailed Hawk but while I am better with raptors than the “little brown jobbies” there are others out there who are more experienced than I am.
Ken Miracle
chukar28@... 208-570-2780 "Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God" 2COR 3:5
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Cliff Weisse
I don't think this one is a House Sparrow ;-). It looks like an
intermediate morph Redtail based on rufous underparts and brown
belly streaking. Cliff On 1/10/21 3:54 PM, M Gregory wrote:
-- Cliff and Lisa Weisse Island Park, Idaho cliffandlisa@...
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Ken Miracle
Thanks Cliff for the info. on intermediate morph … do they not get called dark morph until they get to the really dark level of the Harlan’s with the white tipped tail ?
Ken Miracle
chukar28@... 208-570-2780 "Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God" 2COR 3:5
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Cliff Weisse
No, there are dark morphs that aren't Harlan's. Harlan's has the cold brown plumage with stark white markings, lacking the warmer brown coloration of other Dark Morphs - even the light morph Harlan's has the cold brown color. Alan's bird has the same pattern as a light morph but with rufous underparts and brown streaking/upperparts - they're also called "Rufous" morphs for this reason. Cliff On 1/10/21 4:21 PM, Ken Miracle via
groups.io wrote:
Thanks Cliff for the info. on intermediate morph … do they not get called dark morph until they get to the really dark level of the Harlan’s with the white tipped tail ? -- Cliff and Lisa Weisse Island Park, Idaho cliffandlisa@...
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Elizabeth Medes
My guess would also be a Harlan's RTHA. We have a couple here that are so dark, always throws me off. Liz Medes Gem County
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