Date: 2/4/26 4:24 pm From: <dgulb......> <dgulbenkian...> Subject: [cobirds] possible Ferruginous Hawk at Wheatridge Greenbelt
Midday today a mile west of Kipling. I know it seems prohibitively unlikely, and I'm afraid I told a couple of passers-by that this unusually large bird with the pure white breast and belly had to be a Red-Tail, since they are the only ones around the city in winter. But now that I'm home, remembering the "impossible" Black Vulture I saw a few years back in the Greenbelt (confirmed by others), and looking at lots of photos, I think it likely was. The size of its open wings was simply stunning. If you looked really hard, the tail had the faintest tinge of pink. Unfortunately I completely forgot to look at his thighs. The Hogback hawk-watch starts looking for Ferruges in 3 1/2 weeks, but possibly our extremely mild January has caused some early movement! I wonder whether anybody else will see one.
David Gulbenkian Jefferson County
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