smittyone@cox.net Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Seen in December 2021 at Loess Bluffs NWR in NW Missouri. I'm calling this Rough-legged Hawk a light-morph immature female. Immature because of lighter eye color, light-morph because there are only two color morphs for RLHA and this is definitely not a dark morph, and last female (not 100% sure on this one) no additional banding like a male on the tail besides the dark subterminal band, white primary patches on upper wings, which the male lacks... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 Looking at Birds of the World, I agree that this bird is an immature by light iris and greenish cere and gape. In immature birds, sex cannot be determined by plumage. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smittyone@cox.net Posted March 23 Author Share Posted March 23 Do we agree on it being a light-morph? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 (edited) 21 minutes ago, smittyone@cox.net said: Do we agree on it being a light-morph? Yes. A dark morph would have a completely dark body feathering Edited March 23 by Avery 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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