While traveling on Route 23 south of Erwin and about one to two miles into North Carolina, I spotted a large white hawk off in a field on the left. This area is about .2 mile above Little Creek Road in NC. All feather tracts appeared to be white except for those around eyes. On flight the bird exposed its reddish tail feathers. The bird was the size and shape of a RED-TAILED HAWK. Another all-white red-tail has been reported in the Hot Springs area of NC in 2002. Allan Trently, Seasonal Ecologist Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy ajtcorax@xxxxxxxxxxx _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net Owner: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423) 764-3958 =========================================================