White raptor (1 Viewer)

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raptor10

Member

• Dec 28, 2010

• #1

White raptor Illinois USA

Hi all, -not a regular poster here, but you all helped me try to ID a ground dweller before.
A friend of mine snapped a photo of a pair some kind of raptors, here in Northern Illinois, one of which is almost totally white, the other mostly white.
The photo can be viewed here;

http://www.chitown-angler.com/1fish/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=54654

-on a local fishing forum.

BTW, check out his photo from last year, of a Northern Harrier. I ID'd that one for him last year:king:, so he asked me if I knew what these two "new" birds are.

Thanks in advance for any help with this ID.:t:

 

Last edited: Dec 28, 2010

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stonechat1

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• Dec 28, 2010

• #2

All what I can see in your link is

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bob the birder

Well-known member

• Dec 28, 2010

• #3

stonechat1 said:

All what I can see in your link is

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Ditto

 

steveo

King Midas in reverse

• Dec 28, 2010

• #4

I moved the pic to bf. Hope you dont mind.

 

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Microtus

Maryland USA (he/him)

• Dec 28, 2010

• #5

FWIW I am able to view the link in the original post.

 

bob the birder

Well-known member

• Dec 28, 2010

• #6

Well I'm banned even though I have never been on that site in my life. They must have had prior warning B

 

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ceasar

Well-known member

• Dec 28, 2010

• #7

It isn't a very good picture. Maybe someone could work on it. I think I see a hint of a belly band on the bird on the left. Maybe Red-tailed Hawks? One albino or partial albino?
Bob

 

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Jim M.

Member since 2007

Supporter

• Dec 28, 2010

• #8

ceasar said:

Maybe Red-tailed Hawks? One albino or partial albino?

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Agree.

Best,
Jim

 

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cavan wood

Well-known member

• Dec 28, 2010

• #9

Red-tailed was my impression (faint belly band) as well, and the white one is the same basic shape and size. The last photo in the series (for those that aren't "banned") could be a sharp-shinned rather than a cooper's judging from the tail, but it's hard to tell from the photo.

Scott

 

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raptor10

Member

• Feb 14, 2011

• #10

Thanks guys, albino, or at least leucisistic seems to be the consensus.