Short-tailed Hawk Morphs

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Posted by John Boyd on 22:13:15 09/23/04

It's often claimed that most Florida Short-tailed Hawks are dark morphs (e.g., Wheeler's recent book says 75%, Stevenson and Anderson suggest a 4:1 ratio). My own experience has been that they are about equally common. I've actually recorded more light morphs (53%) than dark from ca. 100 sightings.

Needless to say, this is not consistent with the claim of 75% dark morphs.

Do other people have the same experience? Or am I just missing a lot of the dark morphs?

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Re: Short-tailed Hawk Morphs - Bill Boeringer 10:27:30 09/24/04 (0)
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Comments:	: It's often claimed that most Florida Short-tailed Hawks are dark morphs (e.g., Wheeler's recent book says 75%, Stevenson and Anderson suggest a 4:1 ratio). My own experience has been that they are about equally common. I've actually recorded more light morphs (53%) than dark from ca. 100 sightings. : : Needless to say, this is not consistent with the claim of 75% dark morphs. : : Do other people have the same experience? Or am I just missing a lot of the dark morphs?
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