We saw this bird hunting in a field in the Cedar area and managed to get several
shots of it. We got out the books, searched on the net and still aren't quite
certain what it is. We thought perhaps a white morph of the Gyrfalcon, however
our area doesn't seem to be in it's normal range. We checked the Northern Goshawk
also, but it doesn't seem quite right either. Please help! If you can identify
this bird add your comments and help to solve the mystery. --- Thanks to those who
helped to solve this puzzle. We were confused because the books show this hawk
in darker tones than what we actually saw in the field. Also this is one of the
few raptors in which the sexes look quite different: the male is white below with
a light gray back and hood, the female is mottled in browns.