Re: [cayugabirds-l] Leucistic Red-tailed Hawk

2010-02-15 Thread Asher Hockett
Since the Ithaca leucistic Red-tail apparently bred successfully last year one has to wonder about any passing on of aberrant plumage genes. There was another heavily, but not all-white, leucistic RT which was often sighted in the vicinity of the King Rd/Rt 96B intersection, and its proximity to

Re:[cayugabirds-l] Leucistic Red-tailed Hawk

2010-02-15 Thread tess
Hi, For over a decade there has been a white, but not albino, red tail on the west side of the town of Lodi, hanging around near Shaw Road. I have heard it is there year round but we don't drive by often enough in daylight in winter to confirm that it overwinters there. We have,