Date: 5/15/25 11:06 am From: linda whyte <0000004e7b0e779a-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: [mou-net] Leucistic Red-tailed Hawk RAymaond and 35E
This bird has been in the Randolph Heights neighborhood for several years
now. It has hunted around our yard (on Wellesley) many times, landing on
our alley wall on one occasion. It is definitely a case of leucism, not an
albino. A friend who lives a few blocks away on James, got photo of the
bird sitting on its kill near his place.
A few months ago it engaged with a normal-plumage Red-tail over our yard
and into the east-west alley. They flew back and forth at each other, under
the calm eye of a normal-plumaged female Red-tail, who had taken a seat on
our neighbor's grill. I'm not sure if the dispute was over her, or the
territory, but they all flew off eventually. Nice to know he at least
survived the encounter!
Linda Whyte
On Thu, May 15, 2025 at 9:31 AM Keith Carlson <keithecarls...> wrote:
> While waiting for the freeway metering signal at the north-bound 35E
> entrance off of Raymond in St. Paul on Tuesday, 5/13, at about 5 pm, I saw
> a leucistic Red-tailed Hawk soaring back and forth (not very well because
> of frequent wing flap[) across 35E. The red tail was there so has to be
> clearly diagnostic but it was a very white bird with the under wing being a
> darker white than the the rest of the nearly all white plumage. Sorry for
> the delay in posting, I had to look up what to call it knowing that it was
> not a true albino
>
>
> Keith Carlson
> <keithecarls...>
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