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 ?
On Jan 10, 2021, at 4:18 PM, Cliff Weisse <cliffandlisa@…>
wrote:
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:
Saw many buteos this
morning in rural Elmore County. I hope I have the ID
right on this bird: Ferruginous Hawk
—
Alan C Gregory
Lt. Col.,
USAF, Ret.
Mountain Home,
ID
Air Force
Public Affairs
Alumni
Association,
life member
Member, North
American
Butterfly
Association
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
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 ?
On Jan 10, 2021, at 4:18 PM, Cliff Weisse <cliffandlisa@…> wrote:
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:
Saw many buteos this morning
in rural Elmore County. I hope I have the ID right on this
bird: Ferruginous Hawk
—
Alan C Gregory
Lt. Col.,
USAF, Ret.
Mountain Home,
ID
Air Force
Public Affairs
Alumni
Association,
life member
Member, North
American
Butterfly
Association
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
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:
Saw many buteos this morning
in rural Elmore County. I hope I have the ID right on this
bird: Ferruginous Hawk
—
Alan C Gregory
Lt. Col.,
USAF, Ret.
Mountain Home,
ID
Air Force
Public Affairs
Alumni
Association,
life member
Member, North
American
Butterfly
Association
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.
On Jan 10, 2021, at 3:54 PM, M Gregory <alanclarkg@…> wrote:
Saw many buteos this morning in rural Elmore County. I hope I have the ID right on this bird: Ferruginous Hawk
—
Alan C Gregory Lt. Col., USAF, Ret. Mountain Home, ID Air Force Public Affairs Alumni Association, life member Member, North American Butterfly Association
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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
The only photos I see here are House Sparrows and female Red-winged Blackbirds … is there a missing large flock photo?
On Jan 10, 2021, at 3:42 PM, M Gregory <alanclarkg@…> wrote:
I am disappointed with my photos and I clicked off dozens. I think there are some Black Rosy-Finches mixed in the large flock with Gray-crowned. Was 32 and breezy at the time I revisited the site in Elmore County this morning. There were Horned Larks feeding in a plowed field across Beet Dump Road from the finches.
Alan Gregory
—
Alan C Gregory Lt. Col., USAF, Ret. Mountain Home, ID Air Force Public Affairs Alumni Association, life member Member, North American Butterfly Association
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
Saw many buteos this morning in rural Elmore County. I hope I have the ID right on this bird: Ferruginous Hawk
—
Alan C Gregory Lt. Col., USAF, Ret. Mountain Home, ID Air Force Public Affairs Alumni Association, life member Member, North American Butterfly Association
Many of these hardy songbirds were foraging on a plowed field across the road from the sagebrush flat where I found the rosy-finches.
—
Alan C Gregory Lt. Col., USAF, Ret. Mountain Home, ID Air Force Public Affairs Alumni Association, life member Member, North American Butterfly Association
I am disappointed with my photos and I clicked off dozens. I think there are some Black Rosy-Finches mixed in the large flock with Gray-crowned. Was 32 and breezy at the time I revisited the site in Elmore County this morning. There were Horned Larks feeding in a plowed field across Beet Dump Road from the finches.
Alan Gregory
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Alan C Gregory Lt. Col., USAF, Ret. Mountain Home, ID Air Force Public Affairs Alumni Association, life member Member, North American Butterfly Association
Thank you for your insight on the sp. and photography. I am going back over therein a bit with my big telephoto lens. The pale, translucent flight feathers of rosy finches stand out to me now.
Alan Gregory
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