Subject: [Tweeters] Banded Red-tailed Hawk hunting at the Montlake Fill
Date: Mar 3 16:10:19 2010
From: Kelsey Byers - kjbyers at uw.edu
Well, apparently the Greenhouse bird and the bird you saw at the Fill are
different... one of the greenhouse staff found the Greenhouse juvenile
redtail dead in the Medicinal Herb Garden this morning, but the bird had
no band. My bad! Was a sad sight seeing that one brought in
(especially as it was fat and healthy, so almost certainly some
human-caused accident)... oh well.
Kelsey Byers
kjbyers at uw.edu
Seattle, WA
On Tue, 2 Mar 2010 at 19:26, Kelsey Byers sent into the aether:
> I've seen that redtail around the Montlake Fill/UW Greenhouse area for a
> while now; I first spotted what I believe is the same bird in fall 2008 and
> have seen it on and off around campus in the intervening months. I see it
> almost every time I visit the Montlake Fill; I'll have to keep an eye out for
> the band, though. Not much else to offer, I'm afraid!
>
> Kelsey Byers
> kjbyers at uw.edu
> Seattle, WA
>
>> Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 23:14:11 -0800
> /From: Rick Hibpshman <hibpshman at hotmail.com>
>> Subject: [Tweeters] Banded Red-tailed Hawk hunting at the Montlake
> Fill
>> To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
>
>> Today (01 MAR 10) another birder and I witnessed a Red-tailed Hawk pounce
>> on and catch a rodent at the Montlake Fill. The bird was very close to us
>> and gave great views. It had a silver/metal band on its right leg with
>> what looks like 94 on it, but I'm not sure. I was able to get some photos,
>> including one of the band. Does anyone have ideas of what the band has on
>> it or of this bird's history?
>
>> Photos can be viewed here:
>
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/crappywildlifephotography/
>
>
>> Rick Hibpshman
>
>> Issaquah, WA
>
>
>