On Sun, 23 Nov 1997, Hans A. Krauss wrote:

[snips..]

> as it circled around the field close by. It then took off furthur east
> and out of sight. To the best of our knowledge it appeared to be a RED
> MORPH of a RED-TAILED HAWK. Do any Tweeters in that area know of such a
> sighting? We would appreciate confirmation or contradiction as the case
> may be.

Hans--

spend $29 of your hard earned cash and get a copy of
a Photographic Guide to N. American Raptors by Wheeler
and Clark. It has a really good 16 page section on
redtails, including some pix of a rufous morph.

About 3 years ago in OLY at the Nisqually wildlife
Refuge there was a gorgeous male rufous morph..we followed
it around and got many really good looks..it's breast was
about the color of a juvie harrier..stunning bird.


Tom