Re: [SBB] Leucistic buteo

[Lisa Myers <[[email protected]]>]

I just drove over Pacheco Pass last Saturday and I was looking for the leucistic red tail I have previously seen three times while driving the pass.  I did not spot it last weekend,  BUT it sounds like its still around!  I have seen this bird between early Nov. and early Feb. so I do not know if its around in the summer months.

 

Lisa Myers

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

> 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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