Re: Pageant of Hawks, Bethesda
Rob Hilton (robert@csa.com)
Mon, 23 Nov 1998 13:02:22 -0500
Hi again,
I maybe should point out that during my six year tenure at this office
window, the Maryland hawks I have *not* seen are:
Mississippi Kite (and Swallow-tailed Kite)
Golden and Bald Eagles
Northern Goshawk
?Northern Harrier (I wasn't always keeping a window list)
Rough-legged Hawk
Gyr Falcon
This year I may have seen every hawk species that I have ever seen from
this window.
The January 1 1992 Snowy Owl could have been seen from my window, if it had
not been a holiday....and had I been working by the window!
Best,
Rob Hilton
robert@csa.com
At 12:05 PM 11/23/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Hello,
>
>Not only is the Peregrine still around Bethesda this morning (though
>invisible from my vantage point), judging from the behavior of the
>starlings and pigeons, but I have noticed three species of hawk from my
>sixth story office window. I wonder what a 'full-time' hawk watch would
>have noted....
>
>Sharp-shinned Hawk at 9:30 am
>Turkey Vulture at 11:45
>Red-tailed Hawk at 11:47
>
>other species I have seen this month have been Cooper's Hawk and Merlin,
>with an Osprey late in October.
>
>Rob Hilton
>Bethesda Hawk Tower
>robert@csa.com
>
>