[SBB] Leucistic buteo

[Les Chibana <[[email protected]]>]

I almost forgot to report this. Yesterday, I got a phone call from  
Mary Kenney who was driving east just past the Pacheco Pass summit  
where she saw a leucistic buteo soaring with Turkey Vultures. This is  
roughly the same area that Lisa Myers has seen and reported a mostly  
white Red-tailed Hawk in recent years. Mary is/was a hawk count team  
leader for the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory and was only able to  
determine that she saw a buteo because the traffic precluded stopping  
for a better view. I've gotten only a glimpse of possibly this bird  
on a perch in this area and, likewise, was not able to stop to  
confirm. It's probably likely that this is a resident bird, although  
I don't know if Lisa's and other sightings cover non-wintering seasons.

On another species subject, I live about 2 miles from Charcoal Road,  
and I just saw a male Varied Thrush in a madrone that's straight out  
back of the house while looking over my computer monitor. A juvenal- 
plumaged Red-shouldered Hawk has been keeping the yardbirds on their  
toes.

Les Chibana

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