Modigity Senior Member  505 posts Likes: 2 Joined Apr 2011 Location: Pacific Northwest More info | Feb 04, 2013 11:06 | #1 I know its not the best shot but it was at the end of the day and light had left us but was wondering is this a redtail with the pigment disorder? Luecism I think, if so its a first for me.   _R4C5378 by Mellis Photography, Printing and Framing, on FlickrMorgan Ellis
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Feb 04, 2013 11:30 | #2 Yes it is. Was it near west of Ferndale?
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Modigity THREAD STARTER Senior Member 505 posts Likes: 2 Joined Apr 2011 Location: Pacific Northwest More info | Yup cherry point Morgan Ellis
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Evan Goldmember  1,327 posts Likes: 4 Joined Jun 2009 Location: Oregon More info | Feb 04, 2013 17:10 | #4 Yep, a leucistic Red-tailed Hawk. For some reason, of all the dozens of leucistic Red-tails that I have seen, all but one had a completely intact tail coloring and pattern. --
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Feb 04, 2013 17:44 | #5 Morgan if you look at my 'public profile"-'threads started" on Dec 7th you can see what that bird looks like perched.
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Feb 04, 2013 17:55 | #6 Wow that's a really neat bird! ~Kira~
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Snydremark my very own Lightrules moment More info | Feb 04, 2013 17:55 | #7 Very cool capture! - Eric S.: My Birds/Wildlife
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Modigity THREAD STARTER Senior Member 505 posts Likes: 2 Joined Apr 2011 Location: Pacific Northwest More info | Thanks guys and thanks Rex I'll take a look got a few of him perched but branches kind of cover him also got some good ones in flight but this one shows that wing a lot better I'll post some more when I get a chance to edit some more. Morgan Ellis
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JerryLiguori Member  142 posts Joined Dec 2012 Location: Salt Lake City, UT More info | Feb 04, 2013 21:29 | #9 Hi, it is an adult Red-tailed Hawk. Some use the term leucistic and others use partial albino for birds with a few or many white feathers that are normally dark.
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F5Chaser Member  117 posts Likes: 2 Joined Jan 2010 Location: Oklahoma More info | Feb 04, 2013 22:46 | #10 No intention to hijack this but is this the the same type, "leucistic red-tail hawk", as the OP?  Von
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JerryLiguori Member 142 posts Joined Dec 2012 Location: Salt Lake City, UT More info | Feb 05, 2013 10:27 | #11 Yes, and an amazing photo! Beautiful bird, and it shows much red in the tail, which is always nice to help with the ID.
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F5Chaser Member 117 posts Likes: 2 Joined Jan 2010 Location: Oklahoma More info | Feb 05, 2013 11:15 | #12 Jerry Liguori wrote in post #15574884 Yes, and an amazing photo! Beautiful bird, and it shows much red in the tail, which is always nice to help with the ID. Thanks Jerry for the ID. I've lived, hunted, and spent many many hours in the outdoors for 48 years and this is the first one I have ever seen! Von
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JerryLiguori Member 142 posts Joined Dec 2012 Location: Salt Lake City, UT More info | Feb 05, 2013 19:01 | #13 Happy to help, although I haven't had time to check out the site much lately....been chasing Gyrfalcons in Montana!
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Modigity THREAD STARTER Senior Member 505 posts Likes: 2 Joined Apr 2011 Location: Pacific Northwest More info | Feb 05, 2013 20:06 | #14 Jerry Liguori wrote in post #15576863 Happy to help, although I haven't had time to check out the site much lately....been chasing Gyrfalcons in Montana! Cool Jerry, there have been sightings around here but yet to find one, got my snowy's but they are eluding me this year. Morgan Ellis
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JerryLiguori Member 142 posts Joined Dec 2012 Location: Salt Lake City, UT More info | Feb 06, 2013 09:39 | #15 Yes, I ran into a few Gyrs throughout Montana...lots of land to cover.
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