While looking for the Ferruginous, I saw and photographed a seemingly black (underneath) Red-tailed Hawk in Orange County on March 10. It looked black in the field, but is not really black. Photos have been posted to ebird and to the NY Birders facebook page.
Very interestingly, it turns out that a very similar bird was seen and photographed five years ago close by. A great discussion has been going on about these birds and their point of origin on The Raptor ID facebook page. Bob Lewis Sleepy Hollow NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
