>I got a message from Ruth Taylor (she is now running the FRG
>Peregrine hotline) about an immature male Peregrine seen on
>the UW bridge (near I-5, I assume) and she's wondering if perhaps this is
>the alleged UW Rough-legged Hawk that has been seen eating Pigeons. Has
>anyone definitively ID'ed this bird? If so, could you please let me know.
>Thanks.
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>David Buckley I don't go for fancy cars
>2712 38th SW For diamond rings
>Seattle, WA Or movie stars
>lsdb at u.washington.edu I go for penguins
> Oh Lord I go for penguins
> -Lyle Lovett, "Penguins"

>From the several accounts I've heard of this bird, definitely not a
Peregrine, definitely a buteo, almost surely a rough-leg (dark carpal
patches seen by several people), but the jury is still out on *exactly*
what it is. Anyone who can hang around the southwest corner of campus and
watch for it should observe it carefully and write a description if you
can. Photographs even better.

Dennis Paulson phone: (206) 756-3798
Slater Museum of Natural History fax: (206) 756-3352
University of Puget Sound e-mail: dpaulson at ups.edu
Tacoma, WA 98416