[obol] Re: Peregrine help- link to images
- From: Keith Saylor <kfsaylor@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: David Irons <llsdirons@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 09:31:46 -0700
David,
Thank you for your helpful and timely response. The observation was this
past Friday morning around the beach side of Floras Lake here on the south
coast.
Thanks again,
Keith
On Aug 9, 2014 6:07 PM, "David Irons" <llsdirons@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Keith,
>
> This is definitely a 'kid." The brown upperparts, streaked, rather than
> barred underparts, pale area along the sides of the hindcrown and pale
> buffy edges on the wing coverts are all indicative of a juvenile bird.
> Unlike most other birds, raptors retain their juvenile plumage through much
> of the first year of life. The various raptor references that I have
> suggest that juvenile Peregrines with this much pale on the head are *F.
> p. tundrias* (doesn't breed in Oregon). It shows juveniles of other
> subspecies as having more solidly dark helmets. Your bird clearly has quite
> a bit of pale along the sides of the hindcrown, but it has a rather broad
> moustachial mark that seems more consistent with *F. p. anatum* (which
> does breed in Oregon). I'm assuming that this is a photo that you took in
> Oregon and took recently, which would point to it being the latter
> subspecies.
>
> Dave Irons
> Portland, OR
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2014 17:21:41 -0700
> Subject: [obol] Peregrine help- link to images
> From: kfsaylor@xxxxxxxxx
> To: obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Apologies
>
>
> https://picasaweb.google.com/110367164600474964103/PeregrineFalconJuvenile?authuser=0&feat=directlink
>
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