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I took a look at some photos of <span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;"> leucistic ted-tailed hawk, and I
bet that's what it was. It is the right size and very white.</span></div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> NVerba <navmgmn@gmail.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 23, 2018 11:33 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> DONALD GRUSSING Owner; Steve Steele<br>
<b>Cc:</b> mnbird<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Mnbird] Possible egret sighting?!</font>
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Another possibility is the leucistic Red-tailed Hawk that has been hanging out in that general area of 494 for the past few years. I saw it a little further north of there a few days ago.
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<b>From: </b><a href="mailto:mnbird@lists.mnbird.net">DONALD GRUSSING Owner via Mnbird</a><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Friday, February 23, 2018 4:17 PM<br>
<b>To: </b><a href="mailto:tempou812@hotmail.com">Steve Steele</a><br>
<b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:mnbird@lists.mnbird.net">mnbird</a><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Mnbird] Possible egret sighting?!</p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">There is an active Bald Eagle nest in that location. Any possibility the bird wasn't completely white.</span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black">From:
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<b>To: </b>"mnbird" <mnbird@lists.mnbird.net><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Thursday, February 22, 2018 4:16:48 PM<br>
<b>Subject: </b>[Mnbird] Possible egret sighting?!</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">As I was zipping along 494 next to Bryant Lake this afternoon, I spotted a large, pure white fly into a tree along the lake right next to the highway. I didn't get a good look, but enough to tell it was definitely
not a snowy owl. Maybe an escaped tropical bird of some sort? Seems a little (lot) early for egrets.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">Anybody else in the area notice it?</span></p>
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