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Buteo Regalis
Large hawk. Wings long and broad. Large head with a wide gape. Tail white or light gray. In light form, head mostly white, back and shoulders rufous, pale patch in ends of wings, underparts mostly white, legs rufous, making a dark V visible from below. Dark morph entirely dark brown, with light gray or whitish tail, and light area near end of wings. Legs feathered to the toes.
Farmland
Spotted on Dec 28, 2012
Submitted on Dec 30, 2012
14 Comments
Thank you Carol for the very kind words! I wish I had more time to paint these days, but photography fills my creative void at least! Thank you again!
...and thank you Jakubko! It is always a treat to see these guys!
Spectacular hawk, Emily! Thank you for sharing your always fantastic spottings!
I checked out your website. You are a very talented artist. WOW! Incredible. Your castle/turtle is amazing as well as your portraits of animals and people with animals.
What a wonderful bird!
Thank you all!
Great spotting!
Increíble, muy buenas tomas!!
Thanks again Joshua! I did notice the tag! I tried to zoom in but couldn't read anything. This picture was taken near Denver International Airport. They trap raptors at the airport and band them. If a raptor is trapped 3 times, they are euthanized. I guess euthanizing a raptor is better then a raptor bringing down a 737. This doesn't look like the airport tags I've seen, but that is my best guess.
All of these raptor spotting are awesome. Thanks for sharing :) Also, did you notice this one is tagged? all of these raptor spotting are awesome. Thanks for sharing :)
Thanks again Cody! We are certainly spoiled up here! We even had sightings of Snowy Owls in CO last year! (None yet this year though!) If it's any consolation, we don't have red-shouldered hawks here and I am jealous about that - I've never seen one!
My goal is to head out to the desert of AZ this year in hopes of getting some Harris hawks and Zone-tailed hawks! That would be awesome!
Great shot of a great bird of prey. Really am jealous of the birds of prey up north!
Thank you Christy! Thank you AliHp!
Beautiful.......:)
Beautiful Emily!! So striking! Great job! ;-)