Board-winged is way more possible! Then either black hawk or zone-tailed.
Broad-winged gets reports every year in Lubbock county. One record for
zone-tailed in terry county and no records I know of of common black hawk
in this region. See pic below. Joe is on point with this bird! Great find
joe!
On Thu, Apr 4, 2019 at 8:25 PM jerc8484 <jerc8484@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hey Joe,--
I think that is definitely a Common-black hawk! Dont see Broad-wing
being a possibility. Zoned-tailed hawk would be close. The tail pattern is
the clinching thing to me. Perfect match. Z-t hawk more bands and without
the white tip.
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From: Joe Cochran <jcochran2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 4/4/19 2:26 PM (GMT-06:00)
To: leasbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [leasbirds] Dark Morph Broad-winged Hawk
I was at Clapp Park on the path between the Playas and saw this Buteo.
Based on the tail pattern is could be a Common Black-Hawk but it lacks the
white patch behind the bill. It seemed to be about the same size as a
Cooper’s Hawk – maybe a little larger. The tail pattern in flight seemed
to match a Broad-winged but I didn’t get a picture of that. So, I’m
leaning toward Dark Morph Broad-winged Hawk. Any thoughts?