Tom wrote:
>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...

now, that's what I was told, but, like you, I am
more than a little skeptical about the accuracy of
that account.<

The bird identification may have been off base on this, Tom,
but the rehab scenario could have happened. If the young
bird wasn't kept away from the nest too long, or if the parents
were still there tending another chick, they would likely
have accepted it back. If they were goshawks, however, the
rescuers and media attending the event were brave souls.

Chris Maack
Bird Treatment & Learning Center
Anchorage, AK
CMaack at compuserve.com