Hi again,

I also forgot to mention that I had a single snow
goose in a flock of about 200 or so Canadas.

Michael Dossett
Bothell
Phainopepla at yahoo.com


--- Michael Dossett <phainopepla at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi Tweets,
>
> I called this into the Birdbox last night but I
> thought I'd pass it on to those of you who don't
> check
> it regularly. I went to Spencer Island yesterday
> evening to look for the Red-shouldered Hawk. I did
> not find it in the usual spot north of the barn, but
> instead heard it calling from an area west of the
> slough and south of the barn. I headed south on the
> paved trail (before you cross the slough) to look
> for
> it. I was about 300 yards south of the bridge when
> a
> very large accipiter landed in a tree on the
> opposite
> bank of the slough. A quick check of it in my bins
> confirmed that it was an immature goshawk. I
> watched
> this bird closely for about 20 minutes as it moved
> around in the trees. It finally made a nice dive at
> a
> passing Green-winged Teal, complete with a twisting
> manuever to face in the same direction as the duck
> and
> take it in one motion. After this initial miss, it
> pursued the duck in a tail chase heading south down
> the slough.
>
> By this time, it was 5:00 and too dark to look for
> the
> Red-shouldered Hawk.
>
> Michael Dossett
> Bothell
> Phainopepla at yahoo.com
>
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