Subject: ID this hawk
Date: Apr 22 19:35:03 1994
From: Ted Becker - tbecker at isumataq.eskimo.com


A friend (a non-birder) showed me a picture he took of a hawk near his
home a couple miles north of Duvall, WA. The combination of distance and
wide-angle lens makes the bird image about 1/8" even on a large print.

The bird is about Red-Tailed Hawk size and shape. Coloration is
redish-brown head well down, image too small to distinguish any other
head/face markings. The breast and belly are very light in color,
possibly even white, there could be a hint of a narrow
darker band across the belly, wing and tail color indeterminate.

Could this be a Swainson's Hawk in Western Washington? How rare is this
bird west of the mountains?

Ted Becker tbecker at eskimo.com (206)794-3708 Monroe, WA