Hello all, At 11:45 am on Tuesday my wife drove by the site that held the dark-rufous morphed red-tail a couple weeks ago. The bird was seen again, in virtually the same spot. I arrived about 10 minutes later, the bird was no where to be found. About 1:30pm, I returned to the area, and the bird was seen again, perched atop the same phone pole that I was on 2 weeks ago. I watched it for about 30 minutes. This time the conditions were a little bit better, and my strategy to view this bird was also improved. I was able to view the bird from slightly above the bird from a road the runs along the opposite side of the road that the bird was on. This allowed me to get a little closer as well. The details are similar to my original report. The difference being that I never saw the bird in flight this time, and I had a good look at the feet and the and the area below the belly. The breast of the bird is still rufous, and the belly is dark chocolate brown. Below the belly is brown, not nearly as dark as the belly, and not rufous at all. There is also some white in this area, but I cant say if it is barring or less evenly distributed. The legs are yellowish green. The eye still looks whitish or yellow. The bill and cere still appear powder blue. I only saw the bird belly on. Directions to the phone pole this bird was sitting on: which is just before the correct exit coming from the east. The off-ramp from 66 west will cross back over 66, and then continue straight, south. The off ramp from 66 east will join the off-ramp from 66 west. On the other side of 234, there is the on-ramp to 66 east. There is also a power line cut that precedes this on-ramp. Viewing from 234 south, there is a green, treated wood, phone pole that sits just about where the powerline cut and the on-ramp meet. The bird has been seen twice atop this pole. Viewed from 234 north, this pole is just behind a gold 40mph exit-ramp speed limit sign. Be warned, if you travel north on 234, north of Balls Ford Road, there is no way to reverse direction and you will find yourself back on 66. If the bird is not there, it has also been seen twice in the trees, both the pine and deciduous, that border 234 on the east. This road is heavily traveled, and has lots of trucks. The best viewing spot so far has been from a parallel road to the west of 234. To access this road, continue past the area that has the bird to the stop light. This is Balls Ford Road. Go right. Just before the train tracks, turn right. This is Randolph something road. It brings you back to 234, about 20 or so feet above it, and there is no traffic on this public road. It is from here that it is easiest to look for this bird. This bird seems a little skittish, and getting out of a car can spook it. I have no idea how large an area this guy is hanging out in, but as I said, this is the second time in two weeks that it has been atop the same phone pole. If these directions are confusing, I apologize. Contact me and I will try to clear them up. Cheers, Todd Day Jeffersonton, VA BlkVulture@aol.com