Thanks to Kathy and Carol for directions, and to Marv Breece for a few
well chosen photos, I believe I got a look today at the Red-shouldered
Hawk north of 'grassy knoll' at the Kent Ponds. I arrived just after
Guy McWethy, so we searched together in the small trees north of the
ponds. Guy spotted it first, but I only got on the bird as it flew. I
got to spot it next just north of a row of small evergreens. The lovely
reddish brown hue of the head caught my eye first, then I saw the
orangeish barring on the breast and the puffed out upper breast so like
Marv's picture. I was a little stunned by the attractive color, so
different than the chocolate brown of an immature Red-tailed we saw
shortly afterward. It certainly fit the earlier descriptions of
flighty, don't-look-at-me behavior. We saw the bird around 3:15 PM. A
very nice bird for King County.

Patricia S. Lott
Seattle, WA
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