Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2003 14:30:40 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Tom Dunne Subject: Hawk Nesting Question MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable My wife seldom accompanies me on my weekend morning birding outings, but = the past 2 times I've had pleasant surprises. The first was last year = when she and I found the immature White Ibis at Black Hills park. = Yesterday, we were there again. We had been listening to a number of = Piliated woodpeckers carrying on, when she noticed a hawk in flight = through the woods. She then saw it land into a nest! We kept studying = the nest, which is fairly high up, from views at various places around = the nest. All we could see was a brown head occassionally pop up, then = back down. So, no ID today. Here's my questions: - Would this hawk be laying at this time of year? - How long would I expect to find them in the nest? - How many fledglings would you expect to find? I normally take this same path every weekend and plan to make this a fun = study for myself. Thanks for any input. tom. =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 =========================================================================