day of the dark morphs

We saw a dark morph ferruginous hawk in Sonoma County the other week (!!), it’s been hanging around with a light morph ferruginous hawk in an area that also has at least one dark morph red-tailed hawk (probably the one that I photographed and posted here from last year). A rare treat in Sonoma County to see ferruginous hawks of any plumage – the largest hawk native to the United States.

dark morph ferruginous hawk / Sonoma County CA

dark morph red-tailed hawk / Sonoma County CA

white-tailed kite / Sonoma County CA

This entry was posted on November 19, 2012 by feralzach. It was filed under bird, dark morph, ferruginous hawk, hawk, raptor, red-tailed hawk and was tagged with bird, bird of prey, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteo regalis, california, dark morph, Elanus leucurus, feha, ferruginous hawk, hawk, raptor, red-tailed hawk, rtha, sonoma county, united states, white-tailed kite, wtki.

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5 responses

JJ

Is this the Penngrove locale?

November 16, 2013 at 5:11 pm

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- feralzach
  
  Yes, I presume it is the Penngrove “local”
  
  November 16, 2013 at 7:43 pm
  
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- North Coast Raptor
  
  East RXR ave in winter, last 4 years now
  
  July 4, 2015 at 12:57 am
  
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Dick Ashford

Nice! Great birds, great images!

November 16, 2013 at 7:18 pm

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- feralzach
  
  Thank you for looking!
  
  November 16, 2013 at 7:44 pm
  
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