I've added all the photos from the last two weeks, plus the ones shot
this afternoon to the same photo album (set) found here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/reasonablysane/sets/72157623523499470/

Please let me know off-list if you'd like more info. I'll happily
provide what i can. Again, thank you all for your help!

Kind regards,
--Mark

Mark Packard wrote:
> And he's back. I was just about to upload more pictures when i noticed
> him perched in a tree further away. New photos are on their way to my
> flickr account now. I apologize in advance for the poor quality.
> Between the poor lighting, the lens doubler, and my stupid shaky
> hands, they're far from perfect. However, i *think* they give you a
> bit of the detail of the back and tail feathers which some of you had
> requested. I'll more carefully review tonight and update the thread if
> i find better examples.
>
> Regards,
> --Mark
> Mark Packard wrote:
>> Folks,
>>
>> Thanks for all the helpful info. A number of you have asked where
>> this bird was photographed. I saw him on a tree adjoining the parking
>> lot of a set of apartments next door to Stadium High School in
>> Tacoma, WA. This complex overlooks Commencement Bay, but perhaps more
>> notably, is directly above a large grain elevator. Hundreds of
>> pigeons sit on the supports over the docked ocean freighters there,
>> and equal number of Canadian Geese walk along the railroad tracks
>> picking up spilled grain. I frequently see all manner of raptors
>> which take advantage of the easy prey.
>>
>> I'll be happy to post other photos if there are particular aspects of
>> this bird which the two photos i already posted don't shed any light
>> on. I haven't seen him yet today, but will update the thread if i do.
>>
>> Again, thanks for the help. Kind regards,
>> --Mark Packard
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> That would be my call as well (I sent a note off-list to Mark) based
>> on the feathered tarsii (at least the images appear to show that
>> fairly clearly). However, it's interesting to see in the first image
>> that the dorsal surface of the tail appears to be completely white,
>> suggesting a leucistic bird...? Again, the image that shows the tail
>> isn't completely definitive - there could be a dark terminal band
>> there, but it sure looks like the tail is completely white. It's
>> certainly an interesting bird. Several of us just got back from a
>> north-central WA trip on which we saw probably two dozen Roughies,
>> and this one is unusually marked versus the ones we saw - although
>> this certainly is a species with a wide variety of plumage variation.
>>
>>
>>
>> John Tubbs
>>
>> Snoqualmie, WA
>>
>> johntubbs at comcast.net
>> <http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters>
>>
>> www.tubbsphoto.com
>>
>>
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>> Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 12:54:23 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada
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>> Subject: [Tweeters] Re:Mystery Hawk help
>>
>>
>> Appears to be a Rough-Legged hawk.
>>
>>
>> J Lemons
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>> Mark Packard wrote:
>>> Hi Tweets,
>>>
>>> Several times over the last two weeks, i've woken up to a lovely
>>> white and brown hawk perched on a tree about a hundred feet away.
>>> I've tentatively decided that he/she is either a Rough-legged or a
>>> Northern Goshawk, but would certainly appreciate some help from more
>>> experienced folks. Here are the two best photos i was able to take:
>>>
>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/reasonablysane/4393090638/in/photostream/
>>> and
>>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/reasonablysane/4392317573/in/photostream/
>>>
>>> For those of you not familiar with Flickr, there is a link just
>>> above the picture for larger versions of the photo called 'All Sizes'.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for your help. Regards,
>>> --Mark Packard
>>>
>>
>>
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