[Bristol-Birds] Snapps Bridge albino redtail

 Wednesday, 22 NOV 2006, I observed the white Red-tailed Hawk that has been 
living around Snapps Bridge in  Washington Co., TN.  It was soaring with a 
normal plumaged Red-tail.  The white individual soared above the other, and led 
the way with an exaggerated rollercoaster flight, then dove straight down to 
land in a tree on top of the hill between Snapp Bridge and Corby Bridge.  The 
larger normal plumaged bird, presumably female, followed.
     I saw this white bird associated with a normal plumaged bird in the same 
area at various times last summer (JUN, JUL, & AUG 2006).  I had hopes they 
were nesting, but I haven't found a nest or observed any fledglings.
 
Don Holt
Johnson City, TN
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