Subject: [Tweeters] raptor identification help wanted Yakima possible
Date: Jan 5 09:57:56 2013
From: Kevin Lucas - kevinslucas at yahoo.com


I'd like help identifying a raptor I photographed near Yakima yesterday. I've only been birding avidly for the last year. It doesn't appear to be one of the local usual suspects, and a local falconer friend said it appears to be a Red-shouldered Hawk. That doesn't appear to be expected here. I can't find any eBird records of it nearby.
I've posted digiscoped photos of it in the "Identification help wanted" image gallery on my website:

http://kevinslucas.com/?q=category/image-galleries/identification-help-wanted

If that doesn't work for you, you can go to
http://www.kevinslucas.com
click on "image galleries"
click on "Identification help wanted"

If it is a rarity, and you re-locate & photograph it, I'd appreciate any photos of it you could provide to me, and would appreciate attribution for locating it to myself & John Hebert.

Regards,
Kevin Lucas
Yakima, WA
vikingcove at gmail.com