I got a real surprise on my walk through Mundy Wildflower Garden this
noon. I was looking down at the ground, as I started up the hill on the
south side of the garden. Suddenly I heard of whoosh, and looking up
was startled to see a juvenile RED-TAILED HAWK flying up from the ground
5 feet in front of me. It landed in a tree about 20 feet away. It had
apparently just freshly killed a gray squirrel just off to the side of
the trail, when I in turn startled it! Don't know which of us was the
more taken aback!! Could this be one of the Tower Road birds?? Do the
young stay close to their nesting site??
Another very unusual sighting was a PIED-BILLED GREBE on Beebe Lake. I
can't recall seeing this species on Beebe before. Has anyone else ever
seen pied-billed on Beebe??
Larry
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W. Larry Hymes
120 Vine Street, Ithaca, NY 14850
(H) 607-277-0759, [email protected]
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