Correction, it's Ridge Rd., not Ledge.
http://g.co/maps/2t4ak
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Ron Payne
Middlebury, VT
On Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:51:28 -0500, Ronald Payne wrote:
It was Gary Starr who saw the bird, not me. Until this morning that is,
> when I went to Ledge Rd. to find it myself. It's pretty darn easy to
> spot being the bright white beacon at the top of a tree that it is.
> I'm not convinced that this is the same bird that has been seen by
> the Mad Birders, though. From the pictures I've seen, that one seems
> to be much more uniformly white while the Cornwall bird has some dark
> feathers around it's back and red feathers on the right side of its
> tail. But maybe the colors vary with these birds from molt to molt. I
> wonder if anyone has any information on that. What is interesting is
> that Jane Stein reported a Leucistic Red-tail on Rt. 30 on Dec. 2
> last year at a spot about a mile away from where I saw it this
> morning. That is an intriguing similarity in location and timing. --
> Ron Payne
> Middlebury, VT
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