[obol] Fwd: [birding] Tagged Raptor
- From: "Marcia F. Cutler" <marciafcutler@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 10:20:47 -0700
Could this be one of the birds tagged from PDX?
Marcia
Begin forwarded message:
> From: "Susan Brown" <susan.j.brown@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: April 20, 2014 9:14:33 PM PDT
> To: <birding@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [birding] Tagged Raptor
>
> Lori McGovern and I were driving past the Tangent Post Office on Hi. 99E
> this past Friday afternoon, when we saw a hawk (fairly sure it was a
> Red-tailed Hawk) sitting on the power line to the west of the road, and were
> startled by the large area of red color on the bird's left shoulder. We
> wondered if it had been hit by a "paint gun" or injured, so we pulled over as
> soon as possible and walked back along the road edge. It was quickly evident
> we were looking at a patagial tag reading "20" in black letters on a red
> background. The tag was large enough for us to read it without binoculars,
> maybe 3 or 4 inches? I hurried to get my camera, but the bird flew across
> the road and into a large evergreen before I could get a picture.
>
> I was wondering if anyone else has seen this bird or has additional
> information about reporting?
>
>
>
> Thanks. Susan
>
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