Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 17:01:52 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Rob Castle Subject: Winter Red-Tailed Hawks MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable But for the cold and snow, Winter is my favorite time of the year = because "MY" Red-Tailed Hawks are back on their favorite hunting areas = and perches. I have been casually observing (2) of these beautiful birds = for over 2 years now. This year I decided to collect more detailed info = on their habits so this morning I visited "Red-Tailed 01" and took GPS = coordinates of the roosting place. The bird allowed my to within only = 150 yrds before beginning to call, and at about 100 yrds he (I am pretty = sure) decided to change vantage points. I took my reading and quickly = left the area. "Red Tailed 02" was within 100 yrds of his usual perch = but sitting in a shorter sapling. I could not collect site coordinates = due to the fact that this particular perch is in the median of a very = busy exit ramp (have our feathere quarry developed some "modern" = protection strategies?). I really love watching these birds but it is a = bad habit to bird whilst driving! =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 =========================================================================