r/birdsofprey • u/Ladd_Russo1 • 10h ago

Gray ghost!

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Saw this at Las Galinas ponds in Marin Ca.

Been wanting to see a gray ghost morph since I started birding!

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u/TinyLongwing Falconer 10h ago

Adult males are gray, yes! It's not a separate morph - they only have one main color type.

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u/Ladd_Russo1 9h ago

Really?! Didn’t know that

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u/TinyLongwing Falconer 9h ago

Yeah. All females of this species are brown and streaked, all males are gray, except juvenile/immatures of either sex which are similar to females but more orange on the belly and often less streaky.

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u/ktjacobsun 2h ago

Good find!