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DC raptors, variant Hairy

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Carrol Cowan

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Maryland Birds & Birding

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Tue, 7 Dec 2004 16:37:26 +0000

Both Sunday & Monday I saw one adult Red-shouldered Hawk and one immature Sharp-shin around my Q Street/Rock Creek neighborhood.  A non-birding but observant neighbor mentioned that he sees them regularly - he calls the Sharpie "long-tailed hawk," which sounds apt.

Also on Sunday, among the numerous Downies (and a Sapsucker) was a Hairy Woodpecker with very little white on the wings.  It looked like Sibley's "interior west" illustration.  I think there were 2 Hairies, but didn't get a good look at the first, so I can't be sure it wasn't the same one.

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Carrol Cowan 
Washington DC 
arielamcATatt.net