Rich - as a winter raptor bander in eastern Upstate NY for the past 23 years, I have banded three leucistic Red-tails as follows. 1) On 3/18/03 an after-third-year probable female in the Town of Florida, Montgomery Co. 2) On 2/18/17 an after-four-year probable female in the Town of Glen, Montgomery Co. That winter, residents of the area where this bird was banded claimed that two leucistic birds existed. 3) On 1/15/19 a second-year bird in the Town of Ft. Edward, Washington Co. This bird had been reported repeatedly by birders in the area from summer through fall, 2018 into the winter of 2018-2019.Amazingly, this bird was recaptured 1/27/20 in the Town of Halfmoon, Saratoga Co., 23 mi to the S of where banded. An account with photos will appear shortly in No. Am. Bird Bander. Every feather on this bird was white earning it the name "Snow White." The prior two birds were predominantly white with some few normal brown or orange flight feathers and scattered brown in their body plumage. Bob YunickSchenectady, NY -----Original Message----- From: Richard Guthrie <[email protected]> To: NYSBIRDS_L <[email protected]>; [email protected]; HMBC Posts <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Jan 7, 2021 9:43 pm Subject: [nysbirds-l] White Red-tails
I saw yet another report of an all-white Red-tailed Hawk. This one in Ulster County - away from where one that had been previously reported. So. Are all-white Red-tails increasing in number and distribution? Seems so to me. Do you know of the location of one? Without giving specific location, can you provide a general idea where it is/was? I know for example that there were the following:Millbrook, Dutchess County - nesting female which was around for about 15 years, at least; not recentStone Ridge, Ulster County - another nesting female around for maybe 20 years; no recent reports;New Paltz, Ulster County - recentNear Columbia County Airport - Ghent, Recent but no reports in the last few years;Near Hoosick, Rensselaer County; few sightings from about 10 years ago Did I miss any? Current ones? Rich GuthrieNew Baltimore -- Richard Guthrie -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds ABA Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
