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Patelka
1943.
Buteo borealis
June 12 2 mi SE Begun, 1650 feet, Tehama Co., Calif.
One observed on the northeast slope over an area of pine-oak manzanita woodland.
June 20/1 2 mi E Hayfork, 2400 ft., Trinity Co., Calif.
One observed over the woodland and chaparral of the east slope of Duncan Creek.
June 24 Tule Creek road, 2 mi SW Hayfork, 2400 ft., Trinity Co., Calif.
Carcasses of
five Red-tailed Hawks, probably killed by some local hunter or farmer, were found accumulated about a large oak in woodland near the road. Seven of them were strung up on a wire along one of the lower limbs.
Most of the carcasses were those immature birds. At least one fully adult bird was among them.