photo sharing and upload picture albums photo forums search pictures popular photos photography help login
karlbardon | all galleries >> Pembina Valley Raptors >> albinistic Harlan's Hawk > Harlan's Hawk (partial albino light morph)
previous | next
06-APR-2014 Karl Bardon

Harlan's Hawk (partial albino light morph)

Although albinism is fairly frequent in Red-tailed Hawks (we see about five per year at Hawk Ridge, Duluth), I haven't previously seen any photos of albinism in Harlan's Hawk- and its even cooler that its a light morph! We know this is a light morph Harlan's because of the white base color to the plumage with no rufous tones, the marbling rather than barring in the flight feathers, the small blob-like streaks on the belly (no barring), the whitish tail with dark streaks and marbling, the pale face, and the dark patagials (would be more faint in Krider's)


other sizes: small medium large original auto
share
Type your message and click Add Comment
It is best to login or register first but you may post as a guest.
Enter an optional name and contact email address. Name
Name Email
help private comment