Nice stockings dude.
Ferruginous hawk is the largest hawk on the North American Continent and one of 3 raptors with feathers that grow down to their ankles(my scientific term). The light phase is much more common and the stockings looks like a V when observed from below which is diagnostic for this hawk. Not common in southern cal, but in winter we usually get a few that come down from the north.
Nice stockings dude.
Ferruginous hawk is the largest hawk on the North American Continent and one of 3 raptors with feathers that grow down to their ankles(my scientific term). The light phase is much more common and the stockings looks like a V when observed from below which is diagnostic for this hawk. Not common in southern cal, but in winter we usually get a few that come down from the north.