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Dark Morph Red-tailed Hawk in Oakville near Toronto |
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This
one and a half year-old dark morph
Red-tailed Hawk is wintering in Oakville at Highway 403 and Dundas on the border
of Peel Region and Halton Region on 22 January 2012. |
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Thanks to Jerry Liguori, Tom Carolan and Brian Wheeler for comments about age. Kevin
McLaughlin and Derek Lyon helped obtain information. |
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It has an
all red tail with a black subterminal band typical of an adult, yet
its eye is very pale yellow, almost white, like on a juvenile. Its
age is one and a half years. Red-tailed Hawks retain pale eyes into
their second year. |
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Side view. 22 January
2012. |
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The intersection of
403 and Dundas is extremely busy with nowhere to park safely and the
bird is very skittish. 22 January 2012 |
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Dark morph Red-tailed
Hawks are rare in Ontario, yet there are four within 100 km of Toronto:
Oakville, Oshawa, Guelph and Brantford. |
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Link to more photos of
the same Oakville Red-tailed Hawk by Melissa Coniglio on 15 January 2012 |
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/wgrc1971/sets/72157628889992327/ |
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Dark morph Red-tailed
Hawk near Guelph by Tom Thomas on 22 December 2011 |
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http://www.ofo.ca/gallery/photo/id/Archive-19-109-1231/checklist |
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Link to 3 page article by Jean Iron in Toronto
Ornithological Club Newsletter Number 222 |
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Dark morph Red-tailed Hawks: calurus or abieticola? |
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