Subject: Re: Diving hawk or falcon?
Date: Aug 05 15:46:14 1997
From: Peggi & Ben Rodgers - woodduck at cruzio.com


At 03:24 PM 8/5/97 -0700, Michael wrote:
>Hi Tweets,
>
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>Like most, I initially assumed terns or ospreys. But a *12*-second
>submergence? Count it out by mississippi's: that's a *long* submerge, at
>least three or four times longer than any Cascadian tern would spend at most
>below the surface, more on the order of what a diving Aythya-genus duck
>might do. I've never, categorically never, seen any tern, whether Common,
>Arctic, Forster's or Caspian (never seen a Black do anything but
>swallow-like flycatching over the surface) spend more than 1-4 seconds
>submerged, ....snip

How about a cormorant? Doesn't really fit her description, though. But
they can stay underwater quite a while. I've seen them in freshwater lakes
in Oregon. Idaho's a bit of stretch, I would think, but I don't really know
much about Idaho.

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