[Tweeters] Kent Valley Northern Red-tailed Hawk

[MARVIN BREECE via Tweeters]

On 9.7.24 I
observed an adult NORTHERN (ABIETICOLA) RED-TAILED HAWK in the Kent Valley
along 78th Ave S, just north of S 277th   St. 
Here are links to videos of that bird. 
https://flic.kr/p/2qf2FKp
https://flic.kr/p/2qf26ab
I discovered
this bird in juvenile plumage on 03.30.24<http://03.30.24>.  It was extremely pale in contrast to western red-tails & I thought it
might molt into an adult eastern, for easier ID.  Recently, after molting, Bill Clark told me
that the bird was an adult northern.
There is an entire album of this molting bird over a 5 month period of time on Flickr at: <https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBmtck>https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBmtck
For more information see ebird report:
Checklist S194409252
This would
be the first confirmed ebird record of Northern Red-tailed Hawk in the state of Washington.


Marv Breece
Tulwila, WA
marvbreece at q.com<mailto:marvbreece at q.com>
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