Hi,
David Attenborough stated last night on the birds program on PBS
that the PIEBALD KINGFISHER of Africa was the largest bird to hover in a
still wind. I don't know how big a Piebald Kingfisher is but I bet the
Osprey has it beat. I have also seen Red Tailed Hawks hover but I'm not
sure if the wind was still. ( was there a thread on that?) And how
about terns? I bet the Caspian tern is bigger than an African
kingfisher (but then there is always a breeze on the ocean). Does
anyone know of a bigger bird that hovers? And what ever happened to
Michael Price? :-)
I haven't posted to Tweeters for a while and this is the only thing
I could come up with.

See you in the field
Len Jellicoe
Surrey, BC