Fandango739
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Lehigh Acres, Florida - dark Short-tailed Hawk? (1 Viewer)
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birdmeister
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Agreed.
I can't completely rule out dark morph Broad-winged Hawk, but probability would suggest Short-tailed by far.
I can't completely rule out dark morph Broad-winged Hawk, but probability would suggest Short-tailed by far.
Jeff Hopkins
Just another...observer
Agreed, based on the tail pattern.
Yes. I think that it is a dark morph Short -Tailed Hawk.
As for the possibility of a dark morph Broad-winged Hawk; Wheeler's notes estimate that the dark morph population is less than 1% of the light morph population. See p.250 in the Western Edition; and that sightings of dark morph Broad-winged Hawks are rare to accidental in the east; see page 212 in the Eastern edition.
Bob
As for the possibility of a dark morph Broad-winged Hawk; Wheeler's notes estimate that the dark morph population is less than 1% of the light morph population. See p.250 in the Western Edition; and that sightings of dark morph Broad-winged Hawks are rare to accidental in the east; see page 212 in the Eastern edition.
Bob
