Anna Coles wrote:

> Hello again, tweetsters. Sorry for the delay of this report--I surely
> wish other birders could see/could have seen this bird!

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> The shape was that of a buteo soaring; the underside of the body (mainly
> wings) was a mottled light brown. But the most striking feature of the
> bird was the marking on the wings. I saw it on both the underside and
> upperside (?) of the wings, but as I recall the mark was more distinctive
> on the upperside of the wings. And the marking was a thin "vertical"
> (that is, going from leading edge to trailing edge of wing) white stripe
> closer to the wingtip than to the bird's body.

We have seen immature Red-tailed Hawks that fit that description.


Jerry and Sandy Converse
Grand Coulee, WA

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