Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 11:24:50 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: "David F. Brinker" Organization: Project Owlnet Subject: Re: Albinism in Hawks and color morph descriptions... MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Steve Huy wrote: >When was DNR breeding hawks? > >======================================================================= >To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com >with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey >======================================================================= > Certainly not since I've been associated with DNR (beginning in 1989)! And not that I know of before that. As far as I know there is little conservation, or falconry, based incentive to go through the trouble of captive breeding of Red-tailed Hawks. They are a pretty successful species in today's landscape of fragments of Maryland's forest. They even nest in Interstate medians and interchanges. Atlasers keep you eyes open as Red-tailed Hawk nests are very obvious at this time of year. Dave Brinker Natural Heritage Program Maryland Department of Natural Resources ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================