FreeLists / birdky / [birdky] Redtails Including Returning Light Harlan's

[David Roemer <dlroemer@xxxxxxxxx>]

A light-morph Harlan's Red-tailed Hawk was present on
the Western Kentucky University farm in Bowling Green
on 31 January.  With the possible exception of last
winter when I didn't see him, he has now spent part of
the past seven winters on the farm.  The female light
calurus type or intergrade that he shares his winter
territory with, or maybe she allows him to share it
with her, has also been present this winter.  Their
favorite dead tree on the farm collapsed last year and
they're more difficult to spot now.

Other redtails of interest observed this winter
include:

A light calurus type in southern Warren County since
13 December which has also been present the past few
winters.

An adult dark-morph calurus and a juvenile light-morph
calurus in Logan and Todd Counties on 17 December as
previously reported by Frank Lyne.

Adult and juvenile dark-morph calurus at the Sloughs
wma in Henderson County on 16 January.

Adult light calurus type and an adult dark-morph
Harlan's in a field along 31-w south of Bowling Green
on 18 January associating with a mixed flock of
blackbirds that numbered into the hundreds of
thousands.

For anyone interested in the forms of redtails that
occur in Kentucky during fall-spring or raptors in
general, I would recommend Brian Wheeler's "Raptors of
Eastern North America" and Jerry Ligouri's "Hawks From
Every Angle".  Wheeler contains an extensive treatment
of all raptor species occurring in the east including
many excellent photographs.  There is also a western
edition available.  As the title suggests, Ligouri
contains flight shots of raptors from various angles. 


These references compliment each other nicely and
should be included in anyone's library who is
interested in raptors as they contain up-do-date
information that has not been previously included in
field guides.  Armed with these references and given
decent looks, most odd-looking redtails should be
identifiable.

David L. Roemer
Bowling Green, Ky. 





















      
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