>Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 22:13:57 -0000 >Reply-To: Bill Pranty >Sender: Florida Birds >From: Bill Pranty >Subject: [FLORIDABIRDS-L] NO KIDDING: Zone-tailed Hawk! >To: FLORIDABIRDS-L@LISTS.UFL.EDU > >Dear FloridaBirders. > >It's time to start looking very carefully at vulture flocks... > >I just received a videotape from a biologist in the Keys. He observed a >Zone-tailed Hawk (Buteo albonotatus) for 2 hours over an inaccessible= island >12 Dec 2000 west of Key West that is part of the Key West National Wildlife >Refuge. (For you newbies to the list, this is the first report for= Florida). > >The Florida Ornithological Society Records Committee is responsible for >judging the identification and likely origin of the bird, and I won't >"scoop" them with an ID here. But the videotape is pretty awesome, with >repeated views of the bird soaring low, including numerous looks at the >banded tail. > >This obviously isn=92t a hotline bird =AD the Refuge may be off-limits for= all I >know =AD but it should make us all look carefully at =93vultures=94 from= now on. > >Just thought you=92d like to hear about the bird. > > >Best regards, > >Bill > >Bill Pranty >Brandon, Florida >billpranty@hotmail.com =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Phil Davis Davidsonville, Maryland USA mailto:PDavis@ix.netcom.com =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================