Subject: Re: Diving hawk or falcon?
Date: Aug 05 08:03:46 1997
From: Peggi & Ben Rodgers - woodduck at cruzio.com


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.

Peggi
Ben & Peggi Rodgers
Aptos, CA (near Santa Cruz 122 W, 37 N)
USA
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