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We all hope you will see this hawk again and better, maybe with a photo, and we know we will hear from you if you do. Everyone should know that some white markings on the wings and back are quite normal, seen from the rear side of the hawk, and very often these white marks form a vee pattern. Such a white vee is a great field mark at long range for the red-tailed hawk. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. On 5-Nov-13, at 2:08 PM, nancy dowd wrote: > This morning (~10am) I saw a white hawk in some hardwoods bordering > a Christmas tree farm in Lakeview (near E Dalhousie) Kings Co. It > flew across the road from its perch and went down after something > in a clearing near an abandoned foundation. Then I lost track of > it. The only feature I managed to see (no time to grab binos) was a > rusty coloured under tail against the sky. > > So I guess this is a largely albino Red Tailed Hawk? I often see > Red Tails around Christmas Tree Farms in this area. I have noted > others with lots of white splotches on their backs, sometimes > coalescing to a large white area but never one with as much white > as this one had. > > Nancy
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