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Date: | Mon, 8 Apr 2013 11:07:59 -0400 |
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Hi,
Last Wednesday afternoon and again at about 10am this morning I
spotted a bright white--almost Snowy-Owl-esque--buteo along I-71 just
a mile or two south of the rt.18 exit in Medina. I'm fairly certain,
based on overall appearance and environment that it's a Red-Tailed
with profound leucism. I've seen many photographs of such birds over
the years, but this was a first personal sighting of one for me.
Last Wednesday it was perched on a tree right beside the freeway (as
RTHAs like to do!) along the southbound (west) side of 71. This
morning I got to watch it fly low, west to east across the freeway.
With the sunlight striking its upperparts it was just spectacular--a
large brilliant-white raptor with slow, steady wingbeats.
Unfortunately it was too far ahead of me (and I was driving at freeway
speed, mind you) to verify whether it had a belly band or any red in
its tail.
I don't think there's any safe and/or legal place to pull over and
find or scope this bird--but if you're in the area, it might be worth
checking out that stretch of road once in a while. I'm guessing it has
marked out its territory there and will be sticking around. Perhaps
there is a nest nearby. ...Perhaps someone with a membership at the
Fox Meadow Country Club should check out that area!
Noah
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