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margin-left:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><font size="4">Birders have asked me about the field
marks of the current Kent Valley NORTHERN RED-TAILED
HAWK. Here they are, copy/pasted from my ebird report:<o:p></o:p></font></span></p><ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><font size="4"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans", sans-serif; color: rgb(46, 38, 31);">reddish-brown
head dribbling streaks onto the breast</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><font size="4"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans", sans-serif; color: rgb(46, 38, 31);">dark
throat with white streaks</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><font size="4"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans", sans-serif; color: rgb(46, 38, 31);">prominent
and dark belly band</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><font size="4"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans", sans-serif; color: rgb(46, 38, 31);">underwing
less heavily marked than on calurus (western)</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><font size="4"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans", sans-serif; color: rgb(46, 38, 31);">deep
brown back</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><font size="4"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans", sans-serif; color: rgb(46, 38, 31);">rather
thick, black subterminal tail band</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><font size="4"><span style="font-family: "Noto Sans", sans-serif; color: rgb(46, 38, 31);">primary
tips do not reach tip of tail on perched bird</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><font size="4"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><font size="4">For
those interested in Red-tailed Hawk (RTHA) subspecies, here is a link to a
distribution map. <o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><font size="4"><a href="https://webmail.centurylink.net/app/Utilities/gateway_url.asp?umsgid=be75c8f2-c9c8-4a68-bbb1-8fa40f4910be&uurl=https%3A//redtailedhawkproject.org/subspecies-guide/" target="_blank" title="Click to open in a new window or tab: https://redtailedhawkproject.org/subspecies-guide/"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: rgb(23, 114, 198);">https://redtailedhawkproject.org/subspecies-guide/</span></a><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><font size="4">Scroll
down for translation to common names.<o:p></o:p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><font size="4"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><font size="4"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">A good
introduction to Northern Red-tailed Hawk is the article by Liguori & Sullivan
that Kevin Lucas provided earlier. Here it is again :</span><a href="https://webmail.centurylink.net/app/Utilities/gateway_url.asp?umsgid=be75c8f2-c9c8-4a68-bbb1-8fa40f4910be&uurl=https%3A//northernredtails.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/rth_aabieticiola_north_american_birds_march_2014.pdf" target="_blank" title="Click to open in a new window or tab: https://northernredtails.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/rth_aabieticiola_north_american_birds_march_2014.pdf"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: rgb(23, 114, 198);">https://northernredtails.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/rth_aabieticiola_north_american_birds_march_2014.pdf</span></a><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p style="margin-top:2px; margin-bottom:2px">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><font size="4">An
internet search will turn up several articles about this proposed subspecies. </font><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><font size="4">At this point, identification of Northern Red-tailed Hawk seems more of an art to me. Differences with other RTHAs are subtle. </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><font size="4"><br>
</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><font size="4">Marv Breece</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><font size="4">Tukwila, WA</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><font size="4">marvbreece@q.com</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><font size="4"><br>
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<div origmsg="yes"></div>On Sun, 8 Sep, 2024 at 8:09 AM, me <marvbreece@q.com> wrote:<div class="rteDiv"> </div><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">To: tweeters@u.washington.edu<br>
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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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