On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 00:10:31 -0500, the inscrutable "Ed Huntress"
spake:

"jim rozen" wrote in message
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In article , Ed Huntress says...

... but they actually do most of their hunting like
goshawks, swooping upon prey on the ground, or chasing it down.

That's how they get hit, alongside the taconic parkway. Once
they've snagged something they don't always watch on the climb
out.

I've swear I've seen one lifting off from the roadside with
a poodle-sized bundle in the talons.

One fewer barker? This is a Good Thing(tm). g


Heh, I've never noticed them being hit, but I've seen red-tails fly along
just off the ground with their prey for a long distance. The sharp-shinned
that hangs out in my neighborhood does that, too, with baby squirrels and
mice.

That is one eerie hawk, BTW. He swoops in, dead silent, like a ghost.
Sometimes you wonder if you actually saw him. Then he appears sitting on the
lowest branches of a tree, looking around.

I love birds of prey and used to make the rounds at the Sandy Eggo
Wild Animal Park as often as possible. They had a bird show called
Hawk Talk where you could see (up CLOSE, and sometimes pet) owls and
hawks. Of all the things I left in California, there is no doubt in my
mind that I miss that place the most. I had a Zoological Society pass
from '98 to '02, when I left. Once you go there, you'll never look at
another zoo in the same light.

Visitors to SoCal: GO THERE!


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