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Re: Extralimital RFI on hawk behavior

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Ed Boyd

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Ed Boyd

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Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:18:04 -0400

To add more to this, Golden Eagles are know to take young Dall Sheep off the 
sides of mountains and cliffs in their range. The birds are large enough and 
strong enough to fly the kid back to the nest. I'm sure that this trumps the 
goose in weight.

Ed Boyd
Westminster, MD

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George M. Jett" <>
To: <>
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 10:11 AM
Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Extralimital RFI on hawk behavior


> Bald Eagle, which could be mistaken for a hawk by inexperienced birders, 
> take Snow Geese.  I have seen an encounter where this might have happened 
> were it not for the agility of the Snow Goose.  If an eagle flies near 
> Snow Geese they take to flight to avoid being taken for food.  Go to 
> Blackwater and watch this occur.
>
> George
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Boughton" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 9:47 AM
> Subject: [MDOSPREY] Extralimital RFI on hawk behavior
>
>
> Nothing to do with Maryland, but I hope Norm won't mind my passing
> this request on.  I'm sure some of our experts can advise him, and
> others will find the question interesting or amusing.
>
> Jim Boughton
> Chevy Chase
>
> **********************************************************************8
> From: Audubon birding discussion for WV [] on
> behalf of Fred Schroyer []
> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 11:00 PM
> To: 
> Subject: Raptor experts: quick help please
>
> I'm editing a novel in which "a [unspecified] hawk brings down a
> [unspecified] goose" . . . and I don't buy it. I can't imagine any
> hawk big enough to capture a goose in flight. A quick internet search
> indicates that Great Horned Owls occasionally nail geese, altho I
> suspect not in midair but on the ground . . .
>
> It's fiction, but the author likes to have her basic facts right, and
> I don't think she does here . . . the context is a flying V of geese,
> and a hawk picks one off. I say baloney. Thoughts? Thanks!
>
> Fred Schroyer
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