At 01:43 PM 3/26/97 -0800, you wrote:

>Tweeters:
> I enjoyed seeing the Red-Tailed Hawk.....
>again. Do Red-Tailed Hawks eat mice? Will Red-Tailed Hawks eat anything
>if they are starving?

Yes, I do believe they take mice and rats and probably squirrels as well.
> -Monet Kittler
>
>Dear Tweeters,
> We saw a male Rufous Hummingbird...... Is it true that the throat
>feathers on hummingbirds are called gorgets?

Yes, that's true. Did you know the male hummers have special feathers in
their tails that create a high-pitched "peeping" noise as they turn at the
bottom of their courtship/territorial dives?


>Dear Tweeters:
> When we got out of the car and started walking we saw a plethora of
>Violet-grean swallow (VGSW) and Tree swallows (TRSW).

Did you know swallows are excellent foster parents and will care for any
young that are placed in the same nest with their own (provided the infants
are the same age as their own)?


WOW! You guys had a super outing!

Happy birding,

Peggi
Ben & Peggi Rodgers
Aptos, CA (near Santa Cruz 122 W, 37 N)
USA
woodduck at cruzio.com


"A bird does not sing because it has an answer,
It sings because it has a song"