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>are you sure you had a red-tail, and not a red-tail mimic? Stellar's jays
>are quite good mimics of hawk calls.
>
>Rob Saecker
>Olympia
>


My first experience with this was in the Blue Mountains on the way to
Malheur for my first, and so far only, visit. I had stopped at a rest stop
and heard a Red-tail "just over the hill". It kept getting closer, and
closer, until the call was coming from a low shrub about 40 feet away. That
was my first clue that something strange was going on. My next clue was when
a Steller's Jay emerged and "keeerred" very clearly.

Michael B. Brown
Puyallup, Washington
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