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<div class="rteDiv"></div><div class="rteDiv" style="border-left: 3px #CCCCCC solid; padding-left:8px;"><div class="rteDiv" style="border-left: 3px #CCCCCC solid; padding-left:8px;"><div style="background-color:#F9F9F9; color:#454545;padding:5px; margin-bottom:15px; line-height:23px"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black;">On 9.7.24 I
observed an adult NORTHERN (ABIETICOLA) RED-TAILED HAWK in the Kent Valley
along 78</span><sup style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black;">th</sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black;"> Ave S, just north of S 277</span><sup style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black;">th </sup><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: black;"> St.
Here are links to videos of that bird. </span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2qf2FKp">https://flic.kr/p/2qf2FKp</a><o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2qf26ab">https://flic.kr/p/2qf26ab</a><o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">I discovered
this bird in juvenile plumage on <a href="http://03.30.24">03.30.24</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>It was extremely pale in contrast to western red-tails & I thought it
might molt into an adult eastern, for easier ID.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Recently, after molting, Bill Clark told me
that the bird was an adult northern.<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="line-height: 107%;">There is an entire album of this molting bird over a 5 month period of time on Flickr at: </span><a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBmtck"><span style="line-height: 107%;"></span></a><a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBmtck">https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBmtck</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">For more information see ebird report:</font></span></p><h1 id="content" role="heading" class="Heading Heading--h6 Heading--minor u-margin-none" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 0.88rem; margin: 0px 0px 0.25rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; overflow-wrap: break-word; line-height: 1.4205; letter-spacing: 0.01rem; color: rgb(129, 127, 121); display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; -webkit-box-align: baseline; align-items: baseline; text-transform: uppercase; font-family: CloSans, "CloSans override", "Noto Sans", "Noto Sans Hebrew", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; background-color: rgb(242, 250, 253);">Checklist S194409252</h1><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">This would
be the first confirmed ebird record of Northern Red-tailed Hawk in the state of Washington.<o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Marv Breece<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Tulwila, WA<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="mailto:marvbreece@q.com">marvbreece@q.com</a></font><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><br type="_moz">
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