Greetings all- the Snowy Owl reported from the valley in Summit County is a near-full leucistic RED-TAILED HAWK, as confirmed by multiple, multiple observers. It definitely is a shocker of a bird, as it is purely white save for very, very, very light brown tips to the wings (when seen in flight).
JB
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On Feb 8, 2012, at 1:34 PM, Ethan Kistler <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Carl Bachtel posted on the Birding Ohio Facebook group (https:
> Hi all,
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> Carl Bachtel posted on the Birding Ohio Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/BirdingOhio/) that he found a Snowy Owl in Cuyahoga Valley National Park (Summit County). He reported it on Wheatly Road west of the ‘Church of the Velley’.
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> Ethan Kistler
> Oak Harbor, Ohio
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