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Index of Subjects --001a11c2a2a05fc66804fc7ffaf8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I think that if you were looking at this bird at 7 AM, you would find it rather dark. This was taken at 9:22 AM in good light. Also, note lack of significant terminal white band on tail. Best, Rick. http://rickwhitman.smugmug.com/Nature/Birds-April-June-2012/22243788_LGxpGV#!i=1817450867&k=XvkPhMw On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 8:36 AM, Nancy P Dowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com> wrote: > A penetrating sound in the woods that Sibley's describes as a "piercing, > thin, high whistle *teeteeeeee* on one pitch" (piercing is an apt > description) took me outside to locate the caller. It was a Broad-winged > Hawk that appeared very dark. It seems the dark phase does not exist in the > East though. Would this be a heavily marked juvenile? > > My view was mainly of the back and upper tail. No light areas on the back > and the thin tail bands looked more gray than white. I also did not notice > a white band on the end of the upper tail. Note I was looking into the > dappled shade of the leaves at the time (7am) and the colours may have been > shadowed. > > The call is worth looking up and listening to. > > Nancy > East Dalhousie, Kings Co. > > Sent from my iPhone > -- Rick Whitman --001a11c2a2a05fc66804fc7ffaf8 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">I think that if you were looking at this bird at 7 AM, you= would find it rather dark. This was taken at 9:22 AM in good light. Also, = note lack of significant terminal white band on tail.<div>Best, Rick.</div> <div><br></div><div><a href=3D"http://rickwhitman.smugmug.com/Nature/Birds-= April-June-2012/22243788_LGxpGV#!i=3D1817450867&k=3DXvkPhMw">http://ric= kwhitman.smugmug.com/Nature/Birds-April-June-2012/22243788_LGxpGV#!i=3D1817= 450867&k=3DXvkPhMw</a><br> </div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">O= n Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 8:36 AM, Nancy P Dowd <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href= =3D"mailto:nancypdowd@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">nancypdowd@gmail.com</a>= ></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"auto"><div><span>A penetrating s= ound in the woods that Sibley's describes as a "</span><span style= =3D"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">piercing, thin, high whistle=A0<i= >teeteeeeee</i>=A0on one pitch" (piercing is an apt description) took = me outside to locate the caller. It was a Broad-winged Hawk that appeared v= ery dark. It seems the dark phase does not exist in the East though. Would = this be a heavily marked juvenile?=A0</span></div> <div><span style=3D"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div>= <div><span style=3D"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">My view was mainl= y of the back and upper tail. No light areas on the back and the thin tail = bands looked more gray than white. I also did not notice a white band on th= e end of the upper tail. =A0Note I was looking into the dappled shade of th= e leaves at the time (7am) and the colours may have been shadowed.=A0</span= ></div> <div><span style=3D"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div>= <div><span style=3D"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">The call is worth= looking up and listening to.=A0</span></div><div><span style=3D"background= -color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br> </span></div><div><span style=3D"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Nanc= y</span></div><div><span style=3D"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Eas= t Dalhousie, Kings Co.=A0</span></div><div><br><span>Sent from my iPhone</s= pan></div> </div></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Rick W= hitman<br> </div> --001a11c2a2a05fc66804fc7ffaf8--
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