I'm posting this for my friend:

>In Seattle, driving South on Elliott, after the Baskin Robbins and before
>the Denny turn off, on the East side of the street, up in the top of the
>trees,
>right outside the 3rd or 4th floor of apartments at the end of Republican
>sat a hawk last Saturday (the 22nd of November). We were driving along
>and came to a screeching halt. Being new to this bird watching thing I did
>NOT have a pair of binoculars in the car, unfortunately. (I do now.) But
>we got as close as we could on Elliott and then drove around to Queen
>Anne to get as close as we could up by the apartments. This bird sat
>there the whole time and was STILL there when we came back that way
>almost 2 hours later! It would have a super view of the Bay from there
>and the train bed and the zillions of pigeons. We are sure it was NOT a
>bald eagle. It seemed too big to be one of the Seattle family of Peregrine
>Falcons. It had the hawk profile but... I thought the chest looked kind of
>speckled with a wide low "necklace" like royalty wear, you know the kind
>that is from shoulder to shoulder, not up around the actual neck. Like I
>say, I am new at this so bear with me. I hoped maybe someone on
>Tweeters lives right up there in those apartments and can tell me who is
>their feathered neighbor?
>Thanks!
>Carol Jo cmhorn at halcyon.com



Sharron Huffman
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