Diane Roberts Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Today in Brighton Colorado. One photo I am told is a RTHA & the next photo says it’s. GOEA by Photo Sleuth. My feeling was a Harlan’s Hawk. Distance made this even worse. The darker bird was chasing a RTHA off a utility post. Opinion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egosnell2002 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 Yeah looks like a Red-tail to me, I think... To clear up some potential confusion- Harlan's Hawk is (currently) a subspecies of Red-tailed Hawk. This bird would be a Harlan's. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavan wood Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Agree with red-tailed, posibly just a first year western with that light tip on a narrowly barred tail. It certainly isn't a GOEA when the head is the darkest part. Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Leukering Posted January 13, 2019 Share Posted January 13, 2019 It's an adult dark-morph Harlan's Red-tailed Hawk -- the tail is dark gray, indicating both subspecies and age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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