……. search for rufous phase Red-tailed Hawk. I’ve only seen one pair like this
in Oregon. One example here:
http://www.featheredphotography.com/blog/2013/06/28/red-tailed-hawks-creatures-of-habit/
oschmidt@xxxxxxx
Saturday, March 18, 2017
On Mar 17, 2017, at 10:10 PM, Bill Bradford <billbradford1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
We ran across a very pretty hawk near Stanfield and are not entirely sure
about the ID. For the most part, it looks like what we've been calling a
"Chocolate Morph" Red-tailed Hawk, with a rufous head and breast and dark
brown belly. In this case however, the bird has a very white tail. Sure wish
the picture was better, but it was quite far from the car:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/42693729@N04/32659663874/in/dateposted-ff/ ;
<https://www.flickr.com/photos/42693729@N04/32659663874/in/dateposted-ff/>
In other area news, we saw Long-billed Curlews in three places in Morrow and
Umatilla Counties over the last three days: Umatilla NWR, Yellowjacket Rd
near Pilot Rock, and Stanfield/Echo area. A single Black-necked Stilt was at
the Stanfield Meadows/Echo Meadows intersection. Spring has arrived!
Bill Bradford & Lora Minty
