[EBB Sightings] ferruginous hawk at Huck?

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At 08:59 AM 10/28/2005, Debbie Viess wrote:
>As the bird wheeled, I was struck by the blinding whiteness of its 
>underside, and also saw blazing white at the base of its upper tail.

I saw a buteo exactly matching your description a few days ago from my 
window in Pinole.  I also saw blackish wing-tips and "windows" in the outer 
wings.  It was being bombed by a crow.  My first reaction was 
"ferruginous".  The bird dipped behind the houses, and I was unable to 
relocate it.

After studying my books, I decided that it was just as likely a very pale 
juvenile red-tailed hawk (see Sibley's picture of the juvenile Krider's, 
for example).

Tantalizing, either way.  I chalked it up as "one that got away".  I 
suppose the odds are slim that it was the same bird...

--
Laura Look
Pinole, CA