Re: partial albino red-tail near Lincolnton

["Dwayne & Lori Martin" <dlmartin@twave.net>]

This is probably the same Red-tail that has been reported to us by several
people who saw it in the southern part of Catawba County along Hwy 321.  The
decription sounds like the same bird.  D&L

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Dwayne & Lori Martin
Foothills Bird Club
Claremont, NC
dlmartin@twave.net
http://dwaynelori.homestead.com/index.html


-----Original Message-----
From: Harrold, Eric S <esharrol@email.uncc.edu>
To: 'carolinabirds@duke.edu' <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Date: Saturday, February 17, 2001 9:13 PM
Subject: partial albino red-tail near Lincolnton


>Carolina birders,
>
>I met my apprentice falconer and his juvenile female red-tail this
afternoon
>for a squirrel-chasing affair in Harrisburg.  Afterwards, we tried calling
>in a barred owl at a residence where on Friday night we successfully called
>a bird in.  In about 8 minutes a barred owl appeared and was subsequently
>chased away by the resident red-shouldered hawks who were probably quite
>pleased when the bell-adorned falconry bird left the woodlot also.  My
>apprentice called me from his cell phone to let me know that he had spotted
>a largely white red-tail on 321 south of Lincolnton.  I thought I'd pass
>this along for anyone interested in trying to find the bird in the coming
>days.  He said that with the exception of a few brown primaries, it was
>pretty much else white.  Shouldn't be the hardest bird in the world to
find.
>I'd be interested to know if anyone else sees it.  I made three stops after
>6 P.M. broadcasting for barred owls.  At all stops owls were successfully
>located (2 at separate locations on the UNCC campus and 2 at Reedy Creek
>County Park).  One at Reedy Creek had a raucous cackling hoot, unlike the
>usual who-cooks-for-you-who-cooks-for-you-all call.  Folks, its taking an
>average of less than 5 minutes to call these guys in.  Anyone living in or
>near a wooded subdivision or woodlot in Mecklenburg County should have
>barred owls within shouting distance.  If you know of any, again, let me
>know as they would be valuable to our imminent study here at UNCC.
>
>Eric Harrold
>Charlotte, NC
>esharrol@uncc.edu
>
>