Re: Pageant of Hawks, Bethesda
Harry Fisher (fish8553@dpnet.net)
Mon, 23 Nov 1998 13:42:15 -0500
Rob Hilton wrote:
> 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.
Hey Rob - I`m guessing that you get some work done somewhere in this busy
schedule of hawk observing!!?!! ( Just kidding )
>
>
> 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!
The lists we keep! Enjoy.
>
>
> Best,
>
> Rob Hilton
> robert@csa.com
Leslie FisherNorthEast, MD
>
>
> 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
> >
> >