bearcat6 Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Saw this Red Tail with a white patch on the back of it's head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonestranger Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 I think the white patch is just the wind blowing the feathers around enough that you see the finer feathers underneath showing through. I have a similar shot of a red-tailed hawk with it's head turned showing a white patch like yours. I see a pattern in mine that looks like an arctic fox to me. Back-headed Hawk by lonestranger102, on Flickr 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egosnell2002 Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Are you sure it's a Red-tail? I've never seen one with barring, but I don't know what subspecies you have. It's confusing me... it might suddenly occur to me what's off to me in a few minutes... Have any other angles (with the face)? The white could be down feathers I guess, but it looks pretty convincing as leucism to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egosnell2002 Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Oh, calurus/alascensis Red-tail has that. Excuse my lack of experience with RT subspecies 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearcat6 Posted January 7, 2019 Author Share Posted January 7, 2019 Here's another shot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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