Subject: [Tweeters] Two cents' worth on Goshawks
Date: Dec 14 11:51:50 2007
From: Larry Schwitters - lpatters at ix.netcom.com


Gary,

I think that the Goshawk guy's point is that you and everyone else have
probably been seeing lots of Goshawks but are not able to id them like
he can.

Larry Schwitters
Issaquah
On Dec 14, 2007, at 11:18 AM, Gary Bletsch wrote:

> Dear Tweeters,
>
> For what it's worth, I have focussed much of my life's
> energies on birding, going back to 1974. My efforts
> and record-keeping increased dramatically since I
> moved to Skagit County in 1990. Since then, I have
> focussed on making as many observations of birds, and
> as many species of birds, as I possibly can,
> approaching a level of effort that has sometimes
> bordered on lunacy. Most of this effort has been in
> Skagit County.
>
> I have entered about 135,000 of my bird observations
> onto a database program. About 5000 each are American
> Robin and Eurasian Starling observations, followed
> closely by American Crow.
>
> I have made only 16 observations of Northern Goshawks,
> lifetime, despite countless hours in the field,
> including eight years living in pretty good Goshawk
> country (Concrete). I have never managed to find one
> in the Puget Sound Lowlands.
>
> This year, I have made over 20,000 bird observations
> so far. Only once did I observe a Goshwk.
>
> Perhaps I flatter myself, but I think that's pretty
> good evidence as to how rare and how elusive these
> birds really are.
>
> Yours truly,
>
> Gary Bletsch
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --- Denny Granstrand <dgranstrand at charter.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi Tweeters,
>>
>> I looked on the National Audubon Christmas Count
>> website at the three
>> Tucson area Christmas Counts. For the years that I
>> looked (three or
>> four for each count) there were no goshawks
>> reported.
>>
>> I, too, was put off by the attitude displayed on the
>> blog. "I'm
>> always right and you aren't going to teach me
>> anything!" doesn't seem
>> to be the normal approach.
>>
>> Denny Granstrand
>> Yakima, WA
>> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
>> * * *
>> * Denny Granstrand *
>> * Yakima, WA *
>> * dgranstrand at charter.net *
>> * Denny's bird photos can be seen online at: *
>> http://granstrand.net/gallery/
>>
>>
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>
> Yours truly,
>
> Gary Bletsch
>
> near Lyman (Skagit County), Washington
>
> garybletsch at yahoo.com
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