<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Carol, I would say that Red-tailed can come in exactly that color pattern. Try doing an online search for “Red-tailed Hawk rufous morph.”<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Dennis Paulson</div><div class="">Seattle<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Feb 22, 2024, at 7:21 PM, Tom and Carol Stoner <<a href="mailto:tcstonefam@gmail.com" class="">tcstonefam@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">I am not good with hawks beyond the common ones in our area. My default is Red-tailed unless I have clear field marks that suggest otherwise. North of Marysville on I-5 today I got a glimpse of a dark hawk with a deep rust breast and a dark brown-black belly band and wings. I didn't see any light colors in my brief glimpse. Do Red-tails come in that kind of plumage? The picture in Sibley that most resembled the bird I saw was a Ferruginous Hawk, but that seems <u class="">highly </u>unlikely. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Any thoughts?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Carol Stoner</div><div class="">West Seattle</div></div>
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