Hi Tweets,

Joyce Meyer writes:

>Monday morning, while I was at the Redmond Watershed Preserve, I heard a call
>that I couldn't identify. Usually the call was an ascending 4 notes (but
>sometimes 3 or 5), with each note about 1 second in length and each one a note
>higher than the previous one. Sort of like 1-2-3-4. The tone was clear and
>seemed to come from the top of the trees. The call continued for about 20
>minutes. During that time I saw a Cooper's Hawk flying and just before the
>unidentifiable call stopped, a Red-tailed Hawk called several times. Any
>ideas?

Jay? It would sure be to the jay's advantage to imitate the bigger and more
powerful hawk. I know I've fallen for the imitation --and jays do a good
one-- many times.

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