I was driving that route late last week, saw them and thought the exact
same thing! I drove that route every day for 8 years to go to work and, as
you have mentioned, the poles usually had red-tailed hawks. I was thinking
of going back this weekend and pulling off to the side of I5 to confirm.

Best, Beverly

On Tue, Mar 1, 2022 at 9:42 AM John Seiferth <john.seiferth at icloud.com>
wrote:


> Driving to the coast for some razor clamming on Saturday I saw three

> separate medium to large birds sitting on light posts along I-5 in Fife and

> Tacoma. Dark backs with with light under parts. Obviously not able to get

> serious looks while driving (especially during that stretch of road).

> Looked way too small to be Red Tailed Hawks. Could they have been Peregrine

> Falcons?

>

> I know that offers little to go on but figured I'd ping the hive mind

> anyway.

>

> Cheers -

>

> John Seiferth

> Queen Anne, Seattle

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