[wisb] Re: Albino hawk in Walworth County
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- Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 21:43:10 +0000
I would agree with albino Red-tail, although a full adult male Snowy is always
a possibility. Buteos commonly eat carrion and I've seen no less than two
Rough-legs and a single Red-tail on the same deer carcass. So will both Golden
and Bald eagles and occasionally a Goshawk. In all the years we worked on
Snowies only once did we document one feeding on carrion, and that was a dead
carp. Many of these species will also cache food to return to later.
Tom Erdman
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Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 2:25 PM
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Subject: [wisb] Re: Albino hawk in Walworth County
It's probably a leucistic Red-tail, Mikko - there are a few that have been
around in the state, often seen in the same areas for several consecutive years
(don't know if this one has been seen before.)
Peter Fissel
Madison WI
Mikko Viljamaa wrote:
> Am I the only one thinking that this "albino hawk" is a Snowy Owl?
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> Mikko
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> On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Nina Rach <nrach@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> A friend and family saw what they described as an albino hawk around
>> noon on Thanksgiving Day, 11/24.
>> They were eastbound on Hwy 12, between Pell Lake and Richmond,
>> Illinois, and just south of the Pell Lake exit.
>> The hawk was on the south side, between the (four-lane) highway and
>> the fence.
>> They say it was the size of a Red-tailed Hawk, or larger, and it was
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>> strangely) eating a dead buck.
>> No photo!
>> Has anyone else seen this bird?
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>> Nina Rach
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