<div dir="ltr">Hi Eric,<div><br></div><div>Thank you for sharing this lovely photo. I also was intrigued by your earlier photo of the Gyrfalcon. Have you only seen him one time? </div><div><br></div><div>We used to fairly regularly see a Gyrfalcon in the vicinity of Bay- Edison but to the best of my limited knowledge he/she has not been seen this year.</div><div><br></div><div>Ronda</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Mar 3, 2024 at 11:10 AM Eric Ellingson <<a href="mailto:esellingson@gmail.com">esellingson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">My first recorded encounter with this hawk was 10 years ago. I've seen it on and off over the past decade but then a couple of years ago I did not see it again until late last winter briefly through the woods.  I was glad it had not died. It is such a special sight. Yesterday I found it again in great lighting. With my current camera setup, I could get a decent close-up look from quite a ways away.</div><div style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">The almost normal head color, streaks of white in the crown like an old guy, the black/white keyboard look on its wings and the stunning red tail make it a real beauty.</div><div style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">The only place I've ever seen it is on Grandview in Ferndale between October and March.</div><div style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.87);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">About  Leucism: An uncommon sighting (here or anywhere) is a <span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">leucistic</span> Red-tailed Hawk. Leucism is a genetic condition in which parts or all of an animal's body surface lack cells capable of producing any type of pigment. </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Leucism is similar to albinism (and frequently mistaken for it), however, albinos cannot create melanin, one specific type of pigment. Leucistic individuals usually have normal eye color, unlike albinos, which generally have red eyes.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(33,37,41);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Photos of it <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ericellingson/" target="_blank">HERE</a></p></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" width="500" style="margin:1em 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Calibri,Candara,Segoe,"Segoe UI",Optima,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(75,101,57);line-height:1.35;width:500px"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:1%"><div style="width:116px;height:116px;margin-right:10px;border-radius:5px"><br></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Calibri,Candara,Segoe,"Segoe UI",Optima,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(75,101,57);line-height:1.35"><tbody><tr><td><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Calibri,Candara,Segoe,"Segoe UI",Optima,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.35;color:rgb(9,82,123);font-size:17px;font-weight:bolder">Eric Ellingson</span></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-top:2px;margin-bottom:0px"></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-top:3px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.2"><a href="tel:360-820-6396" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Calibri,Candara,Segoe,"Segoe UI",Optima,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:1.35;color:rgb(49,29,201);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">360-820-6396</a> <span><br></span><a href="mailto:esellingson@gmail.com" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Calibri,Candara,Segoe,"Segoe UI",Optima,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:1.35;color:rgb(49,29,201);text-decoration:none" target="_blank">esellingson@gmail.com</a></div></td></tr><tr><td><div style="margin-top:8px;line-height:1.2"><div style="margin-top:3px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:Calibri,Candara,Segoe,"Segoe UI",Optima,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:rgb(75,101,57);line-height:1.35"><a href="https://www.f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