These raptors were all photographed by Martin Reid along the same
short section of Winscott-Plover Road in southwestern Tarrant
County, Texas:
1) An adult male dark-morph Rough-legged
Hawk (Buteo lagopus) on December 20, 2001:
In this fuzzy flight shot you can see the dark feathering reaching
to the foot - the feature that gave it it's English name and Scientific
name ("lagopus" means hairy leg):
2) Juvenile dark-morph Ferruginous Hawk
(Buteo regalis), on November 18, 2002:
3) Adult dark-morph Swainson's Hawk (Buteo
swainsoni), on April 7, 2002:
4) 2CY? Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis)
November 23, 2002:
I am uncertain of the age of this bird, as the tail seems ot be
a mix of gray and pinkish-orange feathers, plus the markings on
the flanks near the leg indicate a non-juvenile(?):
Note that the feathering only reaches the foot on the front of
the tarsus, not the rear; I am told that this is normal for all
species with feathered tarsi (Ferruginous, Rough-legged, and Long-legged
from the Old World) - c.f. the hybrid
hawk:
5) Dark-morph Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis), Cefe F. Valenzuela Landfill, Nueces County, Texas December 01, 2007:
