Mike and I took advantage of the sunshine to run the Tillamook East raptor
route today.
We found two very interesting dark morph buteos. On Olsen Rd, a dark morph bird
with prominent yellow gape and feathered tarsi had us pouring over “The
Crossley Guide.“ Could the prominent gape indicate a Ferruginous Hawk? We are
interested in what others might think. Tentatively we called it a Rough-legged
Hawk.
See https://ebird.org/checklist/S76027833
On Wilson River Loop Rd, we photographed the dark morph Harlan’s found by Nick
Mrvelj yesterday.
See https://ebird.org/checklist/S76027725
Other raptors:
Red-tailed Hawk 42
American Kestrel 15
Northern Harrier 15
Rough-legged Hawk 2
White-tailed Kite 7
We traveled 55 miles in about 4.5 hours.
Kathy and Mike Krall
