Subject: [Tweeters] Carnation Dark Morph Hawk
Date: Jan 28 20:36:06 2007
From: Kathy Andrich - chukarbird at yahoo.com


Hi Tweeters,

I saw the dark morph hawk today after a successful run
for the Rusty Blackbirds. Thank you to Patrick
Sullivan for the great play by play of the Rusty
locations. He could really keep you on the bird if
you lost it.

The hawk I saw was definitely a Red-tailed Hawk it was
near the bridge on 203 near NE Tolt Hill Rd. Very
dark brown solid from the top of the head to the the
undertail coverts, no markings at all on the front. I
did not see the back but there was no dark band on the
tail like a Rough-legged would have. The bill was
right for Red-tailed, eyes dark.

I birded a few other places nearby, walked along the
Carnation Marsh (owned by Seattle Audubon) on W
Snoqualmie road and heard a Barred Owl calling from a
distance away. I was ever hopeful for a Swamp Sparrow
which I did not find but the nice consolation was 2
Virginia Rails foraging out in the open in 2 seperate
locations.

Kathy
Roosting in S King County



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