Re tagged red tail Fred Sears 7/24/13

Between Sunset and Blaine i would guess there are at least a dozen Red- tails(pairs) right now. I think the attraction is the grass as it creates a long ( very linear) habitat maintained by the mowing crews at ideal heights for voles and snakes.


A far number of Barn Owls use it to- or at least I deduce that from the numbers of carcasses I see.

Re tagged red tail Judy Krieger 7/24/13

I saw one, blue left, couldn't stop to read number, at the northbound I5/Slater ramp earlier this summer. Freeways have road killl and short grass for easy visibility of little critters?

Errata- red tailed hawk Fred Sears 7/20/13

Or however one says rushing about at lunch in latin. So Clark wrote and noted the bird I imaged was likely a young of year Red-tailed Hawk, which I believe is correct. It appears that two young of year Red-tailed Hawks are at Bug Lake, both can fly, both are actively calling and begging from the adults -one of which is the blue tagged wing bird that is often around I-5 and bug lake. Another calling view of one of the birds in question.

Red Tail Blue wing tag‏ Fred Sears 7/19/13

So the Red-tailed Hawk with the Blue wing tag apparently nested by St. Joe's this year (a cottonwood between St. Joe's and Cornwall park). At the Current time it is humoring/ enticing a young Red-tailed Hawk to fly and fend for itself which it seems reluctant to do. The image is of the the untagged adult. Both adults are actively calling and flying close to the chick seemingly trying to entice it to fly which it response to by rapidly jumping between limbs on its tree of the moment.

RE: Another Wing tagged Red-tail‏ Paul De Bruyn 7/25/13

They seem to like freeways, I saw blue left 10 on the northbound onramp at Sunset this morning. This is pretty close to Bug Lake

Another Wing tagged Red-tail‏ S Cottrell 7/22/13

I saw blue left #69 at the northbound on ramp from Northwest Ave to I5. This guy is a year old, molting and was relocated from Sea-Tac in June of this year. Any other sightings of him would be appreciated. Thanks!

Re tagged red-tail- Sue Cottrell 7/22/13

Hi Holly, This Red-tail Hawk was re-located from Sea-Tac. It was captured August 18, 2010 at Sea-Tac and released in Skagit County. It has been observed up here a few times since then and is most likely one of the pair that had a successful nest this year just across the freeway west of St. Joe's hospital. Females are tagged on the right and males on the left. The program is run by Bud Anderson for the Port of Seattle and you can get more information about it at the Falcon Research Group website, wwwdotfrgdotorg. He keeps track of all sightings of the wing-tagged birds. I will let him know of your sighting. "The FRG is working jointly with the Port of Seattle (Steve Osmek, Port biologist) to study the number and distribution of birds of prey that occur at SEATAC airport. The purpose of this work is to minimize the number of raptors involved in air strikes at Sea-Tac. In addition to the direct conservation benefits for the hawks, we can also reduce the potential damage to aircraft caused by strikes. Using a variety of innovative techniques, we have successfully captured 93 raptors so far. All immature birds are transported 75 miles north to better and safer habitat of the Skagit Flats." If you see a white wing-tagged bird, it was re-located from the Vancouver, BC airport. Nice capture. The quality is plenty good enough to see the number and that's what counts!

Re tagged red-tail- Holly-7/21/13

This was taken by my nine year old with my phone while idling in the van, so please excuse the photo quality. The big beauty was perched on the sign on James St by Goodwill/Kmart complex. How many blue tagged birds are in that area? and who tagged it? We were thrilled to see this up close.