[Tweeters] Deer Lagoon Highlights and Oddity

[Ronda Stark]

Hi David,

Bud Anderson tags and removes hawks from Seatac and he lives in Skagit
County, probably close to Bow. You might contact him about the Red -Tailed
Hawk.

Ronda

On Sat, Oct 21, 2023 at 4:50 PM David A. Armstrong <davearm at uw.edu> wrote:


>

> Calm day at Deer Lagoon, Whidbey Island. Among highlights were 12 while

>> pelicans; seems late that they're still in the area. 100s of wigeons,

>> pintails, green-wing teals. A few dunlin and killdeer, usual gulls

>> (short-billed, ring-billed, glaucous-winged), and some brant added to the

>> mix. But an oddity:

>>

>> RED-TAILED HAWK with BLUE WING TAG: The hawk flew low over part of the

>> lagoon and a bright blue circular tag/patch on the shoulder (at about the

>> humerous) was very conspicuous. It landed in a willow and I was able to get

>> close for a view with 10x binos. The "tag" was about 3" in diameter and had

>> a bold, black double pointed arrow drawn across the diameter; no numbering

>> was evident. The blue circle was attached to the hawk's shoulder with a

>> circular two-piece snap-through about 1" in diameter.

>> I read online a 2016 story about hawks tagged at Seatac

>> airport...juveniles with blue that are released in Bow, Skagit county. Does

>> anyone know if that program continue?s

>> thanks

>> david armstrong

>>

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