<div dir="ltr">I would suggest that it could have been a Cooper's Hawk. The white undertail coverts are often flared out and can be seen from above/behind the bird and give the impression of a white rump, especially in a quick viewing.<div><br></div><div>Gregg Severson</div><div>Minneapolis</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 9:07 AM Linda Whyte via Mnbird <<a href="mailto:mnbird@lists.mnbird.net">mnbird@lists.mnbird.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Is there suitable habitat nearby? Wet meadow, etc? If so, why not a Harrier? If you had stormy weather recently, might winds not have directed it off-course, especially if easily available food was scarce enough during early migration to weaken it?<div dir="auto">Linda Whyte</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 4, 2020, 8:49 AM Brian and Cindy Drill via Mnbird <<a href="mailto:mnbird@lists.mnbird.net" target="_blank">mnbird@lists.mnbird.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p><font size="+1">Good morning all. This is a late post, but I
spent most of 2 days trying to figure out if 'I saw what I
saw'. <br>
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<p><font size="+1">On Tuesday morning I was out to water plants. As
I walked to the front of the house, thinking only about
unwinding the hose and what I was about to do, there was a
sudden flurry of feather sounds coming from my right, but no
vocalization. We are talking about the width of a single
driveway from me, at the front of my neighbors house. As I
turned quickly to find the source of the activity, a fairly
large bird was launching away from me from somewhere around
ground level. It flew--not upwards, staying just above car tops
but below the tree line--across the street and down the block
and out of sight. <br>
</font></p>
<p><font size="+1">In the few seconds I had to observe the bird
(rear end view exclusively) I noted an overall grey color, but
with a distinct white patch above the tail. The flight was a
bit different as well, a slower paced flap/soar pattern. My
thoughts were that it was too large for a pigeon, it reminded me
of a hawk, yet I noticed some similarity to a gull in flight. I
have seen plenty of Nighthawks, and this bird was larger without
the mottled coloring. <br>
</font></p>
<p><font size="+1">Digging into my various bird books and online
sources, it keeps coming back that I may have seen an adult male
Northern Harrier. I can't find another bird that has enough
similar points to match up. Thoughts? Cindy in North Mankato</font><br>
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