Perils of hawk migration
THBeal@aol.com
Thu, 17 Sep 1998 13:43:37 EDT
WARNING: While playing basketball in the driveway, DO NOT take your eye of the
ball to watch a hawk flying overhead.
Observed 4 Red-tailed Hawks, 2 adult+ 2 imm., for over ½ hour, about 1100.
Adults were engaged in what appeared to be courtship behavior (ie, constant
vocalization, slow upward spiraling, diving and talon grabbing). After a
while one imm joined them. Do RTHs court in fall or were they teaching jr how
to pick up chicks?
Then about 1130, a small kettle of hawks flew over- 3 Broad-winged, 2 Red-
shouldered, 1 osprey, 5 small accipiters and one accipiter that flew right
next to a RTH, very high up. It was the same length and almost the same
wingspan. Think I can add Goshawk to my yard list?
Tom Beal
Glenn Dale, MD
THBeal@aol.com