Subject: Raptor ID
Date: May 15 06:24:33 1998
From: "Joanne Powell" - jhpowell at snapwa.org


I live 25 east of Spokane. My route to work in the morning goes along the
local wheatfields on a small country road with lots of handy fence posts on
which birds can hang about. While driving to work yesterday a medium sized
falcon(?) on a post caught my eye. The only look I got was its back - no
side or front view at all. It was a light gray, head and all. Its tail was
slightly spread and was strongly barred in black and white. I've looked in
Stokes, Petersons, Audubons Master set and Petersons Hawks and the closest
thing I can find is a Peregrine but the pictures don't show a barred tail
and the descriptions don't mention that identifier.

If anyone has any ideas on this I would really appreciate it. Hopefully, on
the way to work this morning it will be out there again. Just in case, I'm
driving a LOT more slowly than usual!

Thanks
Joanne