Peggi & Ben Rodgers wrote:

> At 08:40 AM 8/5/97 -0400, you wrote:
> >Hello tweeters:
> >
> >A co-worker of mine was camping near Spirit Lake in Idaho last week.
> He said
> >he said what looked like hawks or falcons (based on their short necks
> and
> >squarish-shaped bodies) diving from high in the sky into the lake. He
> said
> >these birds would stay submerged for up to 12 seconds at a time. I
> had no
> >idea what they might be? Can somebody help?
> >
> Hi Annette, what was the coloring? White? A tern perhaps? They
> don't
> tend to be square, but are certainly divers.

That's my thought. Are there Caspian Terns on Spirit Lake?

>
>
> Peggi
> Ben & Peggi Rodgers
> Aptos, CA (near Santa Cruz 122 W, 37 N)
> USA
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>
> "A bird does not sing because it has an answer,
> It sings because it has a song"


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