Re: Red-tailed Hawk in Richmond misidentified as an eagle in the news
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Note that both Bud Anderson (SeaTac) and Gary Searing (YVR) retired some time ago.?
Kris Kirk is the contact for YVR tagged raptor sightings (black on white) kkirkby@...
New contact for SeaTac tag sightings (Blue: hatch year; others: yellow) - we have seen at least one blue tag over Burnaby Lake several years ago:
Alexander Lauber lauber.a@... Perry EdwardsFacebook:? ¡°Lower Mainland Raptors¡± North Vancouver?
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On Dec 29, 2022, at 16:43, PERRY EDWARDS <drchuper@...> wrote:
?YVR Wildlife Control tag ¡®V19¡¯ noted; Kris Kirk has been advised there.
Perry Edwards
North Vancouver
> On Dec 29, 2022, at 15:21, Richard James <rich@...> wrote:
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> ?On 2022-12-29 3:01 p.m., Nikhil Patwardhan wrote:
> > They're calling it a Bald Eagle ?
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> > It's been several hours since I responded to their article, no change yet.
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> From an old (2014) Birding in BC Forum by "Greatblue1"....
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> "Wing-tagged raptors in southwestern British Columbia and northwestern
> Washington are part of a program for airport safety and raptor
> conservation. Many species and high numbers have been caught, but the
> species seen with tags the most often is the Red-tailed Hawk.
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> If you see any wing-tagged raptors in southwestern BC or northwestern
> Washington, you can report the sighting to Bud Anderson
> (falconresearch@...) and Gary Searing (gfs@...),
> who likely tagged the bird that you saw. Include the tag number, date,
> location (coordinates help), and photos if you have any. ...'
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> From an Island in the Pacific,
> Richard James, Victoria, BC
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