Subject: Re: Rough-legs (was Peregrine Falcon)
Date: Aug 17 23:23:24 1998
From: Jack Bowling - jbowling at direct.ca


Rob S. wrote -

> > So what do you look for in a light morph
> >rough-leg? From the top side, a white patch on the upper end of the tail
> >feathers (_not_ the same as the white rump patch of a harrier), and white
> >patches at the base of the primaries. From the underside, look for the dark
> >spots at the "wrist" of the wings. If you see these, you got a rough-leg.
> >Have I over-simplified? Yeah, but you gotta start somewhere...

and Don B. answered -

> This fits probably 95% of the ones we see, at least, maybe much higher (I've
> not seen that many dark morph rough-legs myself).

In my defence, here in c. BC, the ratio of light/dark birds is roughly 60/40.
It seems we get many more dark morph birds through these parts than in WA and
points south.

- Jack

P.S. Just returned from 10 days away from home. These replies are likely old
news.

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Jack Bowling
Prince George, BC
jbowling at direct.ca