Date: 1/17/25 8:56 am From: Ryan Phillips via groups.io <norcalbirding...> Subject: Re: [southbaybirds] Red-tailed Hawk - Juvenile Dark Morph or Juvenile Harlan's ?
Hi Brooke,
It looks like a candidate for Harlani (adult or juv), but we cannot rule
out juvenile dark morph calurus here and I get a juv calurus feel on this
bird. I would like to see the tail. Harlani will have banded outer
primaries, which I am not seeing on this bird. But that could be lighting
and photo quality. I would also like to see the tail better.
With these photos I would leave it as dark morph RTHA.
Nice bird-
Ryan
Ryan Phillips
NorCal Birding
www.norcalbirding.com
On Fri, Jan 17, 2025, 8:32 AM Brooke Miller via groups.io <brooke.bam=
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> flying that seemed a bit different. I’ve attached some fairly distant
> photos, and they are not all that good. Is this a juvenile Dark Morph
> Red-tailed Hawk or possibly a Juvenile Harlan’s Hawk? …and why? It seems
> black-and-white enough for Harlan’s, but I have little experience with that
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> Brooke Miller
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