I was happy to come across what I thought was Harlan's Hawk at Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge Saturday morning - it would have been my first encounter with this subspecies of Red-tailed Hawk which is a well documented regular visitor to (or inhabitant of) the refuge.  The bad news here, if there is any, is that the bird pictured below is a dark-morph Red-tailed Hawk.  I am told that Dark Harlan's Hawks are more black and white in coloration and lacking in the warm chestnut brown tones shown by this bird.  Additionally, they typically have a bib on their breast that is formed by extensive white streaking.  The other surprise of the day came when I arrived home to find a Fox Sparrow perched on one of our backyard bird feeders gorging itself on a mix of birdseed.  Never thought I would see that!