You're welcome. It's a tough call, which is why in the old days birders
used guns, which gave them a better look than with binoculars. If you read
Life Histories of North American Birds of Prey, a Smithsonian book from the
30's re-published in the 60's, you'll see what I mean. It's also why we
find visits to the OWL facility in Delta, B.C., enlightening. It's like
eating french fries at "Ivar's" on the Seattle waterfront to get really
good looks at the gulls.

By a batting average of .200, by the way, I meant that the bird makes a
successful kill once out of five tries. Hard way to make a living.
>Jack Kintner kintner at nas.com Blaine


At 08:07 AM 3/13/01 -0800, you wrote:
>Thank you very much for the info. The legs are much thinner than a
>number two pencil. The size is much closer to a crow than a robin. Based
>on that it sounds to me like a female sharpie. I'll look for the other
>details in your article.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jack Kintner [mailto:kintner at nas.com]
>Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 18:44
>To: <mailto:Steve.Aubert at METROKC.GOV>Steve.Aubert at METROKC.GOV
>Cc: Tweeters at u.washington.edu
>Subject: Re: An interesting weekend in backyard Monroe, WA
>
>You're very fortunate to have a hawk in your yard, and to be able to see
>it make a kill is quite unusual. A batting average of .200 is considered
>good.
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