Tom F. wrote to Kelly McA -

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>an interesting side bar on this one is he told me that
>there Bremerton goshawk chick fell out of the nest and
>was in a field near the tree at the edge of the Sound.
>the parents tried to feed it for a while, but it was
>emaciated and some folks *rescued* it and brought it
>to Olympic Wildlife Refuge..after they fed it up for
>a while and it was stronger, they went back to the
>nest site and replaced the chick in the nest with
>some local media coverage...

Something doesn't click here. N. Goshawks are typically tenacious nest
defenders. I doubt a doting parent Gos would let a human get close to a chick
wihtout taking a run at him/her. Ditto for replacing it in the nest if other
chicks were present.

- Jack


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Jack Bowling
Prince George, BC
jbowling at direct.ca