Looks like a dark Rough-leg to me. I don’t think Ferruginous ever has that kind
of heavily banded tail with a dark band at the tip.
Alan Contreras
Eugene, Oregon
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On Nov 8, 2020, at 7:49 PM, Kathleen Krall <krallfamily@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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
