Tweeters,

Kevin Steiner and I visited the flooded field on M Street, west of the Emerald Downs grandstand this afternoon. There was a lot of water and lots of waterfowl. Kevin spotted a hawk in a tree just north of the farm which proved to be a juvenile ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK. We observed it from quite a distance so as not to spook it. A Bald Eagle flew in and put up some of the ducks before settling into a tree near the water. Shortly after that a Red-tailed Hawk flew from the south toward the Rough-legged, which left its perch to fly at the Red-tail, then veered off to fly north, showing its under-wing markings as it did. The Red-tail took over its perch.

It was a very nice sight to see, especially since the Red-tailed Hawk population around there is down quite a bit since the spate of humongous warehouse construction in the area.



Sandy Daniels

Enumclaw Plateau

Ladyhawk707 AT msn DOT com