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--Boundary_(ID_J56quhJpEqXlmHWztVxQ8w) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Just for the record, since we have a long record of partial-albino red-tailed hawks in eastern King's County (and I saw one once near Digby or Annapolis along Hwy. 101): MAY 24, 2011 - Today in the main office of the Wildlife Division of N.S. Dept. of Natural Resources in Kentville, I noticed an eye- catching mounted partial-albino red-tailed hawk. When I inquired about it, luckily they had a bit of information on the specimen: The bird was found dead on March 10, 2006 on a roadside, and was presumed to be a roadkill via a vehicle. Location not given, and the receptionist in the office said it was somewhere in King's County, but it was retrieved or given to Jenny Costelo, then a wildlife technician for DNR in the Waverley office, HRM. A permit for the mounting was given or obtained, and then taxidermist Jim Gardin did a wall-mount (2006) which is quite nice, but mounted a bit too high on the office wall to easily see the dark markings on the mostly-all-white hawk. The hawk's head had a lot of dark markings, and two of the tail feathers (not central but near-central) showed conspicuous longitudinal dark markings (half of each feather on one side of the vane was dark, symmetrically so for the pair of feathers). There were also scattered small dark splotches on the wings and shoulders. The Kentville Wildlife office of DNR is on the 3rd floor of the Provincial Building on Exhibition Street. We naturalists in the Wolfville area are very fortunate to have this office and its staff of biologists and technicians so near to us. --Boundary_(ID_J56quhJpEqXlmHWztVxQ8w) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Just for the record, since we = have a long record of partial-albino red-tailed hawks in eastern King's = County (and I saw one once near Digby or Annapolis along Hwy. = 101):<div><br></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"5" style=3D"font: 20.0px Helvetica"><b>MAY 24, 2011</b> - Today = in the main office of the Wildlife Division of N.S. Dept. of Natural = Resources in <b>Kentville</b>, I noticed an eye-catching <b>mounted = partial-albino red-tailed hawk</b>. When I inquired about it, = luckily they had a bit of information on the specimen:</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 20px/normal Helvetica; = min-height: 24px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: 20.0px Helvetica">The bird = was found dead on March 10, 2006 on a roadside, and was presumed to be a = roadkill via a vehicle. Location not given, and the receptionist = in the office said it was somewhere in King's County, but it was = retrieved or given to Jenny Costelo, then a wildlife technician for DNR = in the Waverley office, HRM. </font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: = normal normal normal 20px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 24px; = "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"5" style=3D"font: 20.0px Helvetica">A permit for the mounting = was given or obtained, and then taxidermist Jim Gardin did a = <b>wall-mount </b>(2006) which is quite nice, but mounted a bit too high = on the office wall to easily see the dark markings on the = <b>mostly-all-white hawk</b>.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 20px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 24px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: = 20.0px Helvetica">The hawk's head had a lot of <b>dark markings</b>, and = two of the tail feathers (not central but near-central) showed = conspicuous longitudinal dark markings (half of each feather on one side = of the vane was dark, symmetrically so for the pair of feathers). = There were also scattered small dark splotches on the wings and = shoulders.</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal = 20px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 24px; "><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"5" style=3D"font: = 20.0px Helvetica">The Kentville Wildlife office of DNR is on the 3rd = floor of the Provincial Building on Exhibition Street. We = naturalists in the Wolfville area are very fortunate to have this office = and its staff of biologists and technicians so near to = us.</font></div></div></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_J56quhJpEqXlmHWztVxQ8w)--
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