While driving to Richmond via I-95 on business yesterday, I saw an all dark buteo just south of the Dale City exit. It caught me by surprise, to say the least. From some distance away, as I approached it, I wondered to myself what a Black Vulture was doing in such a spot. But as I got closer, it was obviously a buteo. I went by the bird going the speed limit, so wasn't able to get a good look at it, other than to confirm it was a buteo. Then I remembered all the reports of a dark morph Red-tail from I-66. Could this have been the same bird? I can't imagine it would have been a dark morph Rough-legged, which I've never seen in this region - nor was it exactly Rough-legged habitat. Thanks in advance for any comments. Tom Stock tstock@fmshrc.gov