On Sun, 24 May 1998, Jack Bowling wrote:

[snip..]
>
> 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--

I agree...that's what makes this story so interesting.

Michael (the then Director) told me that the chick had
fallen out of the nest and was in a large open space.
the adults were trying to come to the chick, but became
discouraged as it was out in the open and they weren't
comfortable...it was at this point someone *rescued*
it and put in a box..it was then transported to Olympic
Wildlife Rescue, then located in Elma.

It was after the baby gos was *rehabbed* that it was
returned to the same area and replaced in the nest with
some fanfare and TV cameras..it supposedly ran on a local
TV news segment.

Now, I agree with you and Kelly..something just doesn't
line up with this story. So, now that I've got my foot
(lousy pun, no apologies... :) in it, I'll see if I can't
find out what the real story might be.

the day Michael told me this story, he had a Cooper's hawk.. we
had attended a meeting in Olympia at the Port Commission
and a woman had come up to Michael while I was standing
there and gave him a cardboard box with the Cooper's Hawk
chick in it..that caused me to ask him about the hawk
babies he got brought in to him..and that's when he
uncorked the stories about the gos chicks.

It certainly is interesting, now that I've had time to
think about it a little..makes wonder what the real
story is..and whether, as Kelly pointed out, these
guys could tell the difference in what hawk baby they
had..although, the Bremerton gos chick story really
seemed more credible as it contained eye witness accounts
from some people who had seen the adult goshawks.

hmm-mmmmm...

Tom