[va-bird] Red-shouldered hybrid?

At Huntley Meadows today, I was startled when a large hawk flew by very close 
to my head.  As it flew away from me, I got a good look at a very white tail 
with a large black band.  I was excited, thinking it was a Rough-legged, but 
when it banked, it had the orangish chest of a Red-shouldered.  Except for the 
orange, it didn't look like any Red-shoulder I ever saw.  It patrolled around 
the edge of the entire marsh, stopping frequently and hovering.

Does anyone know if these two species hybridize?

Incidentally, the hawk hung around. I saw it again an hour later, and got a 
great look again, but I'm still stumped as to it's ID.

-Mark Moran
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