[Bristol-Birds] juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk; uncommon light color morph Broad-wing at Colonial Heights
- From: "Wallace Coffey" <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Bristol-birds" <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2012 20:23:35 -0400
Broad-winged Hawk at Colonia Heights reveal uncommon color morph study !
In the photo above, taken today (4 Aug 2012) by James Wright at his home in
Kingsport, TN, we
get a spectacular view of a juvenile Red-shouldered Hawk flying over his
property.
In the photo at the left, James captures
a nice image of an adult Broad-winged
Hawk as it perched today in a tree watching
one of its young which was on a nearby
power line.
The North American Broad-winged Hawks
are in a single race or subspecies. It
is the only subspecies, among six known
for Broad-wings, which has two color morphs
-- the more common dark morph and the
uncommon adult light morph shown here
which has been nesting in James's and Lisa's
yard this summer. The light morph adult does not necessarily have the more
dark breast, and is more sparsely marked with dark brown "arrowhead" spots on
the flanks and belly.
James says he could hardly do much more than watch the activity of the hawks
today. At times he can
see up to five hawks flying in the air above his home. One (he suspects it to
maybe be a fledgling
Broad-wing) flew up to his deck and screened porch but changed its mind before
landing on one of
the porch railings. He says they are very focal. The hawks show little
concern or fear of his and Lisa's presence.
Let's go birding . . . .
Wallace Coffey
Bristol, TN
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