Actually sounds more like a black morph than Harlan's to me. Quoting from
_Hawks in Flight_, re immature Harlan's: "A light chest and throat are
always present..."; the entire front of a black phase bird is dark. And
black phase is more likely to have no scapular marks than Harlan's. But
without more details it's going to hard to be sure. I'm going to try to get
out there to have a look, but don't know how soon I can manage it.

> told me he saw a Redtail marked as follows:
> black head
> dark Chocolatety back (no scapular marking)
> darkish breast
> under tail was light and there was no
> red on the top side of the tail
> hmm-mmmmm...I haven't seen the bird myself, but it
> smacks of a Harlans..and possibily an immature at that.
> Jim has photographed (extensively) a Rufous morph in the past
> and concluded this was not a Rufous.
>
> Tom


Rob Saecker
Olympia