Ontario birders are asked to look for and report any colour marked
Red-tails seen, per the message below.
Thanks.
Mike
Mike Street
Ancaster, Ontario, Canada
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Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 17:53:04 -0700
From: Dan Kunkle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [BIRDHAWK] Color-marked Red-tails
ALERT: COLOR-MARKING OF RED-TAILED HAWKS BEGINS TODAY IN EASTERN PA
We are entering the fourth and final season of color marking Red-tailed
Hawks at Little Gap on the Kittatinny Ridge in eastern Pennsylvania.
Please be on the lookout for these birds throughout the migration
season and through winter and spring. Birds have been reported so far
from Quebec to Tennessee and from the Atlantic coast through the
Appalachians.
The Red-tails are marked with Yellow, Green or Red (Pink) dye on the
first 4 secondaries forming a square patch of color along the trailing
edge of each wing. The color can be seen best from below, but is
visible from above as well. If you see one of these birds. please
report the following:
Name, Address, Phone, email
Date and Time (EST)
Location (State, County, exact locality)
Age of hawk (adult, immature)
Dye Color
Behavior of hawk when observed
Send info to:
Dan Kunkle
Wildlife Information Center
P.O. Box 198
Slatington, PA 18080
610-760-8889
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Thank you. Please feel free to forward this message and to publish it
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A joint project of Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, Little Gap Raptor Research
Group, and the Wildlife Information Center.
Dan Kunkle
Wildlife Information Center
P.O. Box 198
Slatington, PA 18080
610-760-8889
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