[bcbirdclub] Red-tailed Hawk

  • From: "Jerry Thornhill" <mjt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 19:23:11 -0500

On my way home from a grocery run this afternoon, a Red-tailed Hawk flew
across the road in front of me.  As it passed by, I thought I saw a large
white patch above its tail on its lower back.  I was able to find a turn-out
and got the hawk in my bino.  Sure enough, there was a significant white
patch similar to a Northern Harrier.  The patch was v-shaped with the point
toward the tail.  I've never seen this before.

 

Jerry

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