Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 17:55:30 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "Hilton, Rob" Subject: Bethesda raptors, Nov. 1 - 5 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-2" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi,=20 Here's the scoop:=20 Red-tailed Hawk: Lisa saw three from her office window on Nov. 4, way = off to the west. A few minutes later I saw one come in from the east, = following a Turkey Vulture (which is what attracted my attention), and = continue off to the west; it was probably a fourth bird. =20 Merlin: During the middle of the afternoon on Nov. 4 (yesterday) I = happened to see something perched on top of the Air Rights/Acacia = building. It turned out to be a Merlin and it stay for maybe 15 minutes = after I discovered it. I happened to be looking out the window again = when it took off to the south and dropped low, passing out of sight. =20 Cooper's Hawk: At one point on the morning of November 1 I happened to = see a Cooper's Hawk trying to catch pigeons; it landed on top of a = building less than 200 feet from my window and sent all the pigeons = flying. An hour or two later I saw two different ones in the air at = once. This morning Lisa had one zoom close by her office window. I = saw it or another one a while later. =20 Rob Hilton rhilton@csa.com Bethesda, MD =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=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=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 =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=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=3D=3D=3D =========================================================================