Bob or anyone else, what is the understanding (if any) with the owners of the
Lansing Marina, the private part, not the public area?
I know in past SFOs, the leaders merrily led us in there and it is normally a
great spot to pick up a number of ducks, mergansers, and coots, but yesterday
when I
I'm as thrilled as a new pappy to announce that the owl box I built and erected
last June, for the first time today was occupied by a red morph probably female
EASTERN SCREECH-OWL! Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo. She (I'm being optimistic there are more
in the box) sunned herself all morning with that dreamy
A couple people asked, so I put a couple images on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/73284351@N03/8696531183/in/set-72157633375403153/
I misspoke about my owl house design: the hinges are above (not below) the
hole, but the idea of hinging at top front rather than at bottom or hinging the
Chance favors the prepared mind.
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On May 22, 2013, at 21:08, Mark Chao
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On Wednesday evening at about 6:20 PM, Tilden and I, plus a bemused umpire and
a dugout full of youth
I went up to Myers/Salt Pt on a lark, so to speak, knowing the NW winds were
fast and furious. And they were! White caps, 2-3 foot waves, rollers, crashing
on the shore, spray hitting the side of the Myers lighthouse which I was soon
standing behind.
Now, you might expect there would be
As it turned out, the rufous Screechie I reported in late April did not nest
this year, but did appear virtually every day in the box hole for about 10
days. Over the past week, I was out several clear nights with the telescope and
heard 1 or 2 different calling Screechies in the nearby area,
Yesterday, I was watching the nest box again when a big yellow flurry appeared
at the nest hole. At first, I thought a Flicker was raiding the box (I had just
found a dead, intact Flicker on the ground nearby; my only theory was it flew
into a tree and broke its neck while chasing around with
About 45 min ago, we had a group of 5 COMMON NIGHTHAWKs appear over our
neighborhood (W Meadow Dr Lansing). I first saw only 4 as I had just turned
around from spotting some Cedar Waxwing flyovers, so only got the new group
disappearing behind trees, but a good enough view of the white wing
Having the day off, I got over to Stevenson Rd about 1030, arriving at the same
time as Bud, where we found Reed and Eric. Reed and Eric had already scouted
the vultures and found at least two BLACK VULTURES as they took wing and
started circling higher. This gave me time to see them in binocs
Just noticed a series coming up called Earthflight, A Nature Special
Presentation that purports to be a bird's-eye tour of 6 continents, observing
animal migrations, etc.
This Sat on PBS at 8pm (and probably other times): North America, snow geese,
pelicans, bald eagles...
Appears to be the
Following Robyn's report of the return of her screechie, I was pleased to see
for the 2nd time in a month, an owl sunning itself in my box, here in S Lansing.
Just shy of a month ago (9/23), I spotted an owl one afternoon, but without my
binocs, and because the box faces East and this was 4pm,
Yes, very interesting. I think this is probably what I saw very briefly in the
thicket on N Wilson trail today (maybe there's a run on mottled Robins this
year). I saw only enough of the rufous side with white below to start
imagining I had seen a Towhee; but watching the same thicket for a
Anne Klingensmith and I independently arrived behind Target around 7am this
morning but neither of us saw the Snowy this morning from that position. I
scanned the mall and BJs and the woods for about 15 min. Of course it might be
over on the fire station again or just hidden on the mall roof.
I was happy to see others already posted (I was poring over the pictures I
finally got).
The recent lack of postings re the Freeville Snowy might have discouraged some,
but it is still there, as of 400pm this afternoon.
I pulled up just as two of the farm workers were getting out of their
Forgot to mention that on the way back from Freeville, we swung down to come
across on Snyder Rd: no Snowy Owl, several other birders in quest of one, but I
spotted and photographed a drift of at least 46 SNOW BUNTINGs almost at the
intersection of Snyder and Warren foraging in the gravel edge
Anything “Free” on the internets is probably a scam! (:-)
It is not happening to me (different spam blocker, I guess: I use SpamSieve on
Mac Mail).
Chrisp
On Jan 17, 2014, at 18:06 , Meena Madhav Haribal
m...@cornell.edumailto:m...@cornell.edu wrote:
Hi all,
I seem to be having trouble about
I had a distant view of what is likely a Northern Shrike at Cayuga Vista Dr
Lansing about 1130am today.
When I pulled up, the candidate was on one of the low trees near the road, but
flew down and into the hedge just as I brought my binocs up so I got nothing
that time.
I waited a while, got
Two days ago, I went to the CLO Observatory on lunch break and watched a lone
American Crow, moving around on the pond ice (30’ away so easy to watch with
binocs), selecting morsels of ice (small balls it appeared) and ingesting them.
Later it moved over to an area where there were black bits,
I did a lunchtime turn around Hoyt-Pileated inner loop back to Wilson yesterday.
I took and would highly recommend you take trekking poles: it is seriously
treacherous out there with the frozen snow/ice/footprint holes.
It was cold and crisp but not snowing (yesterday), so good exercise but few
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Stoneflies close and raptors distant. Reminded me of:
Poe: The Sphinx (short story, good quick read)
http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/eapoe/bl-eapoe-sphinx.htm
Enjoy while waiting for the ice to break!
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Roughly coincident with George and Meena’s observations and possibly one of the
same huge flocks, I saw hundreds and hundreds of Snow Geese in a vast boiling
flock probably 3 mi distant to the east from CLO (I was on Sherwood Platform at
about 1215). Too distant to hear of course. If they had
The Turkey Vultures have been reappearing in numbers this week over my house
and woods and landing in the pines on Asbury Rd just east of the cemetery
(corner of Triphammer and Asbury) and occasionally in the neighbors’ large
pines next to our sunroom.
We have had resident pair or two all
As I stepped out of the truck in my driveway at 1545 yesterday, the barky
honking of a large ‘disorganized’ flock of SNOW GOOSE was heard overhead.
I did a quick count of a subset and estimated about 400. They were relatively
low (under 1000’ probably).
I grabbed binocs but only had time to look
Many hundreds some blue
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First of yard year EASTERN TOWHEE showed up today (W Meadow Dr Lansing) singing
his head off but with an unusual (and at first baffling) added strong second
syllable that challenged my memorized pattern to something at first
unidentifiable: drink-a-you-TEEE or drink-you-your-TEEE; the trill was
Numerous singing SWAMP SPARROWs in the field/marsh east of 3rd parking lot.
They were sitting high so easy to see their fresh plumage in the rising sun.
I heard some ‘quarter-clicking’ and low grunty sounds but could not say if it
was a Rail or not. It was near me and made many of the grunts
A sharper eyed colleague pointed out during our noon fire drill today that the
heron nest on the big snag at SSW pond is falling out of the tree.
I haven’t been watching the nest cam: is that Mallard jumping up and down or
something?
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streaks on sides, not the RCKI, though that was also singing), plus another
rather yellow but not as bright one moving, foraging, and I believe singing. By
climbing to the top of the knoll, they came down to our level
While we were finishing dinner in our glass-roofed conservatory, I saw a
crow-sized bird soar in and begin circling overhead. Hoping for a raven, I
grabbed the binocs at hand and was as happy to see it was a BROAD-WINGED HAWK
(not a new yard bird but first of year for me and for yard). It
730a NW corner of Wilson (where the vireo was), several phrases from a skulking
WOOD THRUSH
same general location also a singing COMMON YELLOWTHROAT
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At about 1230pm at the NW corner of the SSW pond, in a tree where I have seen
Least Flycatchers in the spring several times, I had what I assumed at first
was this year’s FOY (for me) of same (knowing others already have reported one
at SSW). However, from a rather close distance and with 10x
At 815am, several crows alerted me to a possible threat (to them). I vectored
in on a big ‘beech’ (I think, light gray) and in the V of two large trunks sat
one of the BARRED OWLs. It was about 15m up and about 50m from me inside the
deer exclosure, seen from Severinghaus Trail about 50m down
When I arrived about 830-845 there were no gulls on the Myers spit but some on
the lighthouse jetty. I waited for about half an hour and the gulls filtered
back in from breakfast and settled on the spit. Reexamining them several times
(as more arrived), I thought I had the Kittiwake when I
Great resource list, Dave. Thanks!
Richard: I was killing time before a doctor appt at Arrowwood Dr this AM and
there were 2 singing Eastern Towhees, one right at the right angle corner
(where the Town Trail starts) and another back in the woods. I did not try to
find the close one but it was
Thanks for these postings: I was on cuckoo alert because of them, and got a
Yellow-billed calling in the dawn chorus yesterday at 530am (heard from bed: I
am an adherent of the Rosenberg-Yong School of Recumbent Birding now) and again
yesterday about 430pm as I stepped out to walk the dog. So
I’m hoping Chris Wood or someone who has birded the desert Southwest will take
a look.
I did some research after Ryan’s post and find the Zone-tailed Hawk a
fascinating possibility which does seem to match many images I find online (in
Hawkwatch sites, not generic and untrustworthy Google
When I was researching screech owl box plans, everyone seems to have converged
on a shape about 8 in sq and 10-12 deep from the entry hole which is about
2.5-3” diameter about 3-4” below the roof. So deep cavity like a hollow in a
tree, basically. You might get away with attaching a latch to
Belatedly, I wanted to note that when I found it last week, it was happily
lurking amidst the gulls on the point. It was completely hidden by them as they
are 3x bigger than it and when clustered together made a complete wall.
Then, it is also the same color as the beach rocks. It has been
Quick turn around north Wilson Trail, found FOS FOX SPARROW foraging near the
rise. In the creekbed by the footbridge, two gorgeously rusty RUSTY BLACKBIRDs.
I think every one I’ve ever seen before was basically black but these two were
really handsome brown backed, dark underside, with those
, 2014, at 13:09, Jay McGowan
jw...@cornell.edumailto:jw...@cornell.edu wrote:
Would those be White-throated Sparrows?
On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 1:05 PM, Chris R. Pelkie
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Quick turn around north Wilson Trail, found FOS FOX SPARROW foraging
I just spotted a listing for an upcoming 2014 doco called “From Billions to
None: The Passenger Pigeon’s Flight to Extinction” on PBS.
One listing is for WCNY HDTV Dec 9 at 2pm. Look up your local listing for your
favorite PBS station.
I have not seen this yet, so am informing not recommending.
I think we (Ann’s group) were pleasantly surprised the SEOWs were so active in
mid-afternoon on Sat. However, it was a leaden sky so maybe they thought dusk
had arrived earlier. At Long Pt (which we skipped that day), they seem to wait
until pre-dusk before magically appearing; there is still
is baldwisville nature ctr? Thanks. Ann
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On Dec 22, 2014, at 4:47 PM, Chris R. Pelkie
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I think we (Ann’s group) were pleasantly surprised the SEOWs were so active in
mid-afternoon on Sat. However, it was a leaden sky
It would be great if an Eider appeared, but a note of caution: on 12/15/2014 I
scoped a big black and white Mallard (probably x Domestic) on Dryden Lake. I
think Jay had reported this previously. I can easily see how it could be
confused with an eider for the coloration, but the bill on my
3rd time the charm: last Sat I spent 1.5 hrs looking at the 4000 Redheads/ 1000
Scaup raft off Hog Hole and never seeing the blasted Tufted Duck, even though
another birder told me it was there (he was already packed and leaving, so gave
me general directions, for which I was grateful).
Easily seen closely from plant Sci loading dock, only 1 at present
On a small projection 3/4 way up wall
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We’re assuming you are in the Cayuga Basin, but not sure where. Near open water?
That sounds like a good description of BALD EAGLE as Turkey Vulture would not
show a light/white head or tail but would be large and dark bodied.
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/73284351@N03/
has 3 shots from today of the Tufted Duck for your reference.
Also, a recent visit to our owl box by a different EASO than the one in 2013
(also in this photo stream)
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I wonder if when the half of the duck’s brain is sleeping the opposite foot is
kicking randomly like my sleeping dog does (and maybe I do it too!).
Or maybe this is akin to a screensaver: the duck keeps one leg kicking so it
doesn’t freeze in place!
Just some random theories….
ChrisP
Bob or Jay or anyone: what are the access rights to the Yacht Club?
I don’t want to trespass and have never been there so don’t know the signage or
access.
For what it’s worth (and I think it is): I did stop at the Lansing Marina back
in the Fall and personally asked the manager if it was OK to
I headed out for the Loon and stopped at Cass Park for the GREAT-HORNED OWL.. I
parked in the first lost, and ended up walking about halfway up the walk
scanning the tall trees at Newman (cause I forgot the excellent directions
someone else provided). When I spotted it, it was really obvious,
I was a half hour behind Mark, I guess: from 7-745 I walked the northern end of
Hoyt-Pileated, finding 3 BLUE-HEADED VIREOs, 2 of whom were interacting vocally
and by chasing each other through the treetops, while the other was some
distance away singing. Numerous BROWN CREEPERs in full song;
This was an interesting exchange: I wondered if WEWA foraged and sang from very
high perches, since I think of them as low bush skulkers.
But I have much to learn about such things and no guarantee all of a species do
the same thing anyway.
ChrisP
On May 6, 2015, at 12:01, Brad Walker
This one is even cooler than the one I sent last year:
https://www.windyty.com
Check it out, birdy weatherwatchers!
Be sure to note that you can choose the altitude of interest and you’ll find
amazing differences. For example, last evening, surface winds were very mild
and non-directional.
This is the show Paul mentioned a couple CBC meetings ago: it had a sneak
preview at Cinemapolis but now is going national. Produced by the Multimedia
Group at the Lab of O.
The Sagebrush Sea makes its broadcast premiere May 20, on
I’ve located and visually verified two different Chestnut-sided Warblers this
spring that were not singing the ‘normal’ song we know and love. Close but off
enough that I was going through Magnolia, Redstart, and Yellow-rump thoughts
before seeing the Chestnut face and/ or sides.
Good stuff on
A couple days ago at lunch, my FOY RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET appeared in the trees
behind the lab, only ‘chirring’ one syllable of the song while foraging up high.
Yesterday morning, I set out at around 7am to pick up SWAMP SPARROW in the
field east of the north parking lot and found one easily only
At noon, I heard a YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO do 3 series of 6-8 single coo’s from
the exclosure area just south of the covered shelter on Wilson.
I was close enough by the third series to ensure myself it wasn’t a squirrel,
though the pacing and separation of series had already indicated that.
In light of an offline conversation with T-H, I want to amend my observation to
Cuckoo sp. until someone gets a visual. He has come across Black-billed doing
single call series in the past, whereas I thought they were usually double
(cu-cucu-cu) patterned. Considering all the other strange
Speaking of compliant Phoebes, I walked to Sherwood Platform at lunch and met
(first time) a visitor/birder from NYC. As he was turning to leave and I was
approaching, I spotted a Phoebe on the hand rail and pointed it out to him. It
was 5’ away. Then it hopped to a closer post and eventually
Yellow-throated Vireo in full dress color, yellow spectacles, actively feeding
near the green scummy pond on West Wilson Trail.
He’s making a lot of squeaks that sound like a wet thumb dragged quickly over a
rubber balloon (not real loud, but frequent) which helps locate him as he moves
around
I mentioned seeing my first of season ‘big’ crow assemblage at the CBC meeting
last week, of about 100 American Crows doing small wheelies in a large group
swirling over my house (I first thought it was gulls, in fact).
Over the last week, I’ve seen similar numbers streaming over at dusk,
I just ordered one of these for myself. Thought others might find it nice too
(I haven’t seen it in the flesh yet):
http://popchartlab.com/collections/prints-nature/products/birds-of-north-america
740 North American birds on one poster for $38 unframed. Framed option
available also.
ChrisP
Chipmunks make excellent fox food.
I enjoy the Red Foxes that have taken up nesting, breeding, cavorting, and
howling at my place in the last few years.
For better or worse, we have a nice selection of chipmunks, red squirrels, and
gray squirrels, along with voles, deer mice, etc. to keep them
Forwarded for a friend in Ithaca not on the list: not sure who might help,
Victoria? or is this a vet school question?
Thanks
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On 9/10/2015 10:14 AM, Chris R. Pelkie wrote:
Chipmunks make excellent fox food.
I enjoy the Red Foxes that have taken up nesting, breeding, cavorting, and
howling at my place in the last few years.
For better or worse, we have a nice selection of chipmunks, red squirrels, and
gray squirrels, alon
Of course you discovered you can zoom in with mouse or fingers on iPad, etc..
And if you click the speed scale legend it will cycle to your favorite unit
(knots, mph, etc.).
And there’s a bit of history you can roll back to on the time line: I just
dialed up last night’s blow to see how bad it
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2016/01/noah_strycker_broke_birding_s_worldwide_big_year_record.html
eBird mentioned in passing
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> On Jan 13, 2016, at 19:59 , Anne Marie Whelan wrote:
>
> Yes, quite a flock of starlings blew into the West End this morning and
> swirled around and hung out for a bit on and around my crabapple tree and
> feeder. Quite startling!
>
>
Before a week ago, I had observed Pileated, Hairy, Downy, Flicker, and
Sapsuckers at one point or another (in past years) doing the ‘flicka-flicka’
type interaction where a pair (sometimes M-F, sometimes M-M) were ascending a
pole or tree and playing hide-and-seek while doing this vocalization.
I get a regular ‘deal’ email from B and spotted this oddity this morning:
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It’s a pair
Is there any significance to the mostly yellow bill with black tip? And the
yellow legs and feet?
With little experience in picking apart weird plumages, I also leaned toward
domestic or hybrid and away from Canada because of those marks.
Unless leucism can impart those color shifts as well.
22 TURKEY VULTUREs playing on the wind this evening over Gulf Creek at
Triphammer, Asbury, plus one RED-TAILED HAWK
One of the TUVU had the all white outer half of left wing, haven't seen that
one here for a couple years though it was seen last year in the Basin as I
recall
First song of yard
This one I saw!
Single individual BUFFLEHEAD diving right outside the big window (near the
bubbler). Either female or 1st winter male, methinks, prominent cheek patch and
small white patch near wingtips (folded) but not a breeding male.
Went out to check on what sounded like Towhee song (we
I’ve been informed by a reliable source that he (human) was doing BARRED OWL
(voice not playback I think) from Woodleton at 1pm which explains the location
and the lack of finishing growl.
Also explains the oddness of a mid-day Strix varia aria.
Drat!
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At 1pm I was just about to set foot on the south end of Podell Boardwalk
returning from a lunchtime circuit of the pond but lingered to watch 2 HAIRY
WOODPECKER females chasing each other from tree to tree. Interesting that they
were both female: much squeaking and peeking but no flicka’ing
Yes same in my yard. They (WTSP) are dominating the dawn chorus.
Difficult to get an accurate count but probably 12-20 easily.
I noticed few Robins which are normally the main component of dawn chorus this
time of year (some but not as many).
ChrisP
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Kevin pointed out another Yellow-rumped Warbler yesterday up here on the North
Wilson side of the Sapsucker Pond, but I only heard it then.
Today, I heard then caught up with it for some good looks.
This is FYI for Sapsucker Woods walkers this weekend.
It was near the beaver exclosure cage both
http://www.fltimes.com/lifestyle/speaking-of-nature-fishers-are-back/article_d7d8fafe-6cba-11e6-ab55-038e8d6a63c3.html
Thought the many of us who go to montezuma would find this interesting.
Justifying posting to Cayuga birds as John says that crows found his fisher for
him.
Keep watching the
I’ll defer to the experts but would not rule out Screech-owl. I’ve heard that
also: clear descending rather than whinny descending but followed by other EASO
distinct sounds, so concluded it was the same bird. I’ve been hearing EASO loud
whinnies just in the last couple of weeks, first time
Sorry for late post but I was walking to frog barn this am when a large bird
jumped up From ground to 12' branch,. On trail between parking area gate and
fb. Thought Cooper's hawk, stopped, crept forward to find baow staring back w
big black eyes
Jumped in truck and drove here to VA Beach,
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/3/21/1645790/-A-Legend-Who-Persuaded-a-Generation-to-Love-Birds-Wild-Places-and-Science-Has-Passed
Chandler Robbins, in case you don't like to click links
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i have the booklet if you want to borrow it to scan to PDF or some such.
Let me know and I will bring it to the Lab this week.
ChrisP
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Forwarding this to the wider birding audience in the area.
We (BRP) have 30 of our newly developed Swift recorders (TARUs or terrestrial
audio recording units) spread throughout SSW recording 24/7 as part of a
long-term biodiversity measure.
The avicaching will assist as ground truth as we
Finger Lakes NF - Hector Station 607-546-4470 Hector NY
https://www.fs.fed.us/r9/gmfl/contact/offices.htm YES YES
The YESes are for Senior Pass and Access Military 4th Grade
Taken from:
https://store.usgs.gov/sites/default/files/PassIssuanceList.pdf
I have not tried this source myself.
ChrisP
Here's something you probably didn't want to know...
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First for me this year, several EASTERN WOOD-PEWEE singing on Hoyt-Pileated.
Also saw NASHVILLE at power line cut, NORTHERN WATERTHRUSH(es) at Woodleton,
heard singing BROWN CREEPER (still), numerous Common Yellowthroat and Ovenbird.
Followed HAIRY WOODPECKER to the underside of a large high
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All of us in the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Bioacoustics Research Program
(BRP) are pleased to share our new site with you all:
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp/
In particular, I think many of you in the CBC will enjoy this video that Russ
put together (and which I tantalized Suan with a
I recently read this thesis:
https://books.google.com/books/about/Factors_Affecting_Avian_Diversity_in_a_N.html?id=xnVPYAAJ
produced by Tom Litwin in 1986, discussing the changes in Sapsucker Woods in
both avian type and foliage type, over the hundred years up to that time.
Amazing that
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Nice. Is ‘cranery’ a word yet? Maybe we should start pushing it! Oxford
Dictionary, here we come!
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+1 for pun!
Chris Pelkie
On Oct 28, 2017, at 09:07, Tony Shrimpton
> wrote:
How about a “desert” of Sandhills?
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Whoo-ee! THAT's a yard bird!
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On Feb 6, 2018, at 11:57, Brad Walker
I’d so no. Thrasher bill is pronouncedly longer.
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Chris Pelkie
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On Apr 16, 2018, at 11:04, Dimitri
OK, I’ll buy that. I didn’t see the expected downcurve until you pointed it
out, but the yellow eyes are probably more definitive (and the wing-bars).
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About 3 pm big beautiful ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK soaring over field north of
borgwarner and NW of runway. Sorry for late post... I was driving at the time.
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