Cool! I think that is near the spot with the dilapidated barn that always
had a ladder on the roof for many years, just north of Self Road?
This should be our second recorded white RTHA in Buckingham County. The one
seen in 2011 and 2012 (?) along Back Mountain Road and Plank Road
<https://www.google.com/maps/place/37%C2%B026'17.3%22N+78%C2%B024'30.6%22W/@37.4398968,-78.4210747,14.25z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d37.438142!4d-78.408496>
had a red tail with a few dark wing feathers though. PHOTO
<http://coastalvirginiawildlifeobservatory.blogspot.com/2011/10/leucistic-red-tailed.html>
On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 9:00 AM, C. Michael Stinson <myrmecocichla@xxxxxxxxx
wrote:
Hey everybody -
I was coming down VA 20 in Buckingham County last night and saw a big
white bird flying towards me that I at first thought might be a Great
Egret... which was funny, because as it got nearer, quit flapping, and then
sailed over my car I realized it was actually a Red-tailed Hawk. It was
entirely white, at least below -- I could see no color pattern on it at
all, just shading from feather patterns and maybe a bit of contrast from
wear (?) or dirt (?). (Obviously I stopped my car to take a better look....)
The location was roughly half way between SR 622 and SR 722, i.e. less
than a mile north of Maxeys Creek, and south of "Smith Store" (on Google
Maps). Just thought I'd post it in case anyone is up that way... would be
very cool to get a picture of it.
Mike
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C. Michael Stinson
Dillwyn, VA
