Any bird watchers?
-
Hmm... thanks El. My wife's been watching this one for a while, he seems to consider the surrounding half-mile or so his territory. Will be interesting to see what happens then... :)
Shog9 wrote:
he seems to consider the surrounding half-mile or so his territory.
That is normal for a hawk, wintering or not.... If he stays year round and grows a bit with more flying rats as food, you may have an easier time identifying him. If he disappears at the season end then the mention a ways up may be correct. now if only we knew the air-speed of a laden swallow....
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
-
Hello in Pueblo. Had a quick look on Google Earth. Just a couple of mountains in the neighbourhood :omg: ! Guess that's pretty good territory for a raptor (can't help thinking of the movie Jurassic Park whenever the word raptor comes up). Looks like great territory - pretty handy lake there to the north-west. Mind you we have a few mountains here in NZ, but hardly any predators - a total of one owl, one harrier and a hawk (the actual number of birds is slighly more than three :) ), one mildly poisonous spider, no snakes, no scorpions, no alligators, four Australians ;P .
Troft not lest ye be sponned on the nurg! (Milligan)
-
Now forgive me, but your user-name - "dwbyrd" - is there any coincidence there given the current topic? Or does the "dw" not actually stand for double-winged?
Troft not lest ye be sponned on the nurg! (Milligan)
-
Hmm... thanks El. My wife's been watching this one for a while, he seems to consider the surrounding half-mile or so his territory. Will be interesting to see what happens then... :)
We've had a pack of four Harris' Hawks (the wolves of the air) in the arroyo behind our house several times over the last few months. And we saw them near what we think is a nest when off-roading once a few miles away. Very impressive.