smittyone@cox.net Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Seen late this afternoon in NW Missouri. Is this an immature Harlan's Red-tailed Hawk? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexHenry Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Yes, nice bird! I think most people would consider that light or intermediate 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smittyone@cox.net Posted November 30, 2021 Author Share Posted November 30, 2021 Thank you AlexHenry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Friedman Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 The mottled look is right. From below, the outer primaries are banded to the tips, a good sign for immature dark or intermediate Harlan's. (I couldn't call this a light morph, and anyway, dark- and intermediate-morph Westerns have dark primary tips, and if this were a Western it would be an intermediate.) And in the first picture, I think I can see the dark "spikes" at the tips of the tail feathers. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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