More pics of third Harlan's Hawk


I am pleased that I got the natural glint in this hawks eye in these two pics (no, I didn't use flash, this is natural). Though the top pic and those in the post below appear to show a dark morph Harlan's Red-tailed Hawk, the bottom pic clearly shows there is too much white on the bird's chest and head to be a dark morph (and why I wanted to get a frontal view of this bird). As dark as it is though I guess it fits into a category of 'dark intermediate' (per Raptors of Western North America by Brian Wheeler). This certainly illustrates the importance of seeing the front as well as side and back of these birds. SeEtta

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