Rare mid-summer visit from a juv. Broad-tailed Hawk in Florence, CO area

Yesterday I was walking in Florence River Park at the edge of that small south central Colorado town when I spotted this juvenile Broad-tail...

Broad-winged Hawk in flight

I feel bad that my persistence in trying to identify and photograph this subadult Broad-winged Hawk caused it to fly off away from the ripar...

More subadult Broad-winged Hawk pics

The top photo of this subadult light morph Broad-winged Hawk shows the whitish supercilium, light auriculars and dark malar stripe quite wel...

Yet another Broad-winged Hawk, a quite shy juvie

This morning I spotted an unusual looking hawk mostly hidden behind tree limbs on the Canon City Riverwalk. When I would get closer to get ...

And another Broad-winged Hawk today, a second light morph

Wow, I spotted another Broad-winged Hawk this morning soaring over Canon City. It was a light morph, and obvious adult (tail banding),  the...

More photos of rare dark morph Broad-winged Hawk

Though I did a lot just observing during that half hour+ I got to watch this rare dark morph, I also got a number of pretty good photos. T...

Rare dark morph Broad-winged Hawk in Canon City--the same one or not??

This morning I spotted a dark morph Broad-winged Hawk that was engaged in hunting prey. I quickly learned how to stay back far enough to no...

Another photo of dark morph Broad-winged Hawk

Photos shows the field marks for this dark morph--dark brown/blackish head, dark brown body including undertail coverts, broad white band o...

Another Broad-winged Hawk but it is a rare dark morph

This beautiful Broad-winged Hawk was spotted this morning in Canon City by Rich Miller as he and I were sharing what birds we had just seen....

Refound the Broad-winged Hawk

I refound the Broad-winged hawk I discovered in Canon City earlier this week. Glad to get some photos showing underparts as it flies. SeEt...

Visiting Broad-winged Hawk in Canon City

Broad-winged Hawks are rare visitors to the Canon City area with usually only one or two birds found each year. I spotted this one as I was...

Broad-winged Hawk, detour through Colorado

Broad-winged Hawks are eastern birds but we have regular visits from them especially during migration. I spotted this one flying high above...

More Broad-winged Hawk pics

The top pic shows nicely the rufous brown barring on the leg feathers on this bird. Also seen are the mostly whitish undertail coverts. Ot...

Broad-winged Hawk, another Canon City Riverwalk goodie

I spotted this unusual hawk yesterday morning on the Canon City, CO Riverwalk. Broad-winged Hawks have become quite regular with usually on...

Broad-wingedHawk video clip

This short video clip is not the greatest as it is difficult to hand=hold it steady at really high zoom. SeEtta

More pics of Broad-winged Hawk in juvenal plumage

These two pics of the light morph Broad-winged Hawk I found on the Canon City, CO Riverwalk this morning show some of the traits of it's...

Juv Broad-winged Hawk on Canon City Riverwalk

I found this Broad-winged Hawk on the Canon City, CO Riverwalk this morning. I first spotted a Cooper's Hawk chasing what looked like a...