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Observers: 3
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Having spied the hawk to the east of us driving up Catalina Hwy (Mt Lemmon Road), we pulled off at the E Control Road (right before the road to Peppersauce Cyn and observed from that point.
Seen in the sky just east of Catalina Hwy up at the Control Road just before the turn off to Peppersauce Cyn. We parked at the Mt Lemmon Fire Station. Each of us was familiar with Gray Hawk. Its short wings were very translucent toward the tips and was very light beneath with a banded tail. Tail showed strong black bands on white tail unlike RSHA with thin white bands on black tail.
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Seen in the sky just east of Catalina Hwy up at the Control Road just before the turn off to Peppersauce Cyn. We parked at the Mt Lemmon Fire Station. Each of us was familiar with Gray Hawk. Its short wings were very translucent toward the tips and was very light beneath with a banded tail. Tail showed strong black bands on white tail unlike RSHA with thin white bands on black tail.