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any native white hawk/falcon in LA?

Posted on 4/1/13 at 3:11 pm
Posted by Salmon
On the trails
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Posted on 4/1/13 at 3:11 pm
We have 2 on our lease that I have seen on multiple occasions. I have never seen another almost all white Bird of Prey in LA. Mostly white, with black on it's wings and head.

Anyone help me out on an ID?
Posted by TheDrunkenTigah
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 4/1/13 at 3:12 pm to
Kite?
Posted by wickowick
Head of Island
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Posted on 4/1/13 at 3:15 pm to
Posted by Salmon
On the trails
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Posted on 4/1/13 at 3:15 pm to
could be the white tailed kite, but according to the internet, they should not be this far north...

Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
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Posted on 4/1/13 at 3:19 pm to
How about shape? There are light morphs of Redtails that can appear white. Anything close to this? Pretty sure these were taken near the Spanish Lake lowlands up I49.



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Posted by Child of the Missip
Member since May 2012
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Posted on 4/1/13 at 3:49 pm to
I have Redtail Hawks, Kites and one huge Falcon that hunts in my Apt Lake. The falcon is ridiculously big and snatches three pound bass out the water.
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
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Posted on 4/17/13 at 9:37 am to
CENLA Ms. Kites just now arriving.
Posted by Teague
The Shoals, AL
Member since Aug 2007
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Posted on 4/17/13 at 10:48 am to
How much white? If it's mostly the underparts that are white, it may be a northern harrier, aka "marsh hawk". You'll see them flying low to the ground and slow over fields looking for rodents.



Although, I'd think most of them might have migrated north by now. I was seeing them 3 weeks ago in N. AL, however.
This post was edited on 4/17/13 at 10:51 am
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