What I saw definitely looked more substantial than grass. I was fairly
close and got some good looks. What I couldn't make out was how it was
attached to the leg.
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On Oct 22, 2009, at 11:42, "Andrew Longtin" <[email protected]>
wrote:
I shot a picture of a Red-tailed Hawk while counting at Hawk Ridge
that had
something trailing it, looked like grass stems or something..
http://www.birderguy.com/HawkRidge_20090914_04.htm
http://www.birderguy.com/HawkRidge_20090914_05.htm
http://www.birderguy.com/HawkRidge_20090914_06.htm
http://www.birderguy.com/HawkRidge_20090914_07.htm
My guess is it got tangled on the bird from hunting in a field of
long grass
or something, first time I've seen that..
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-----Original Message-----
From: Minnesota Birds [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Liz
Stanley
Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2009 11:23 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [mou-net] Any falconers missing a hawk?
I was heading over to my credit union when I noticed a young red-
tailed
hawk perched on a pole, with what appears to be a jess hanging from
its
leg. This was near the Mall of America, on the road between U.S.
Federal
Credit Union, and the train station parking garage. It was perched
up on a
light post above the road, and I saw it fly down to the ground and
back up
a couple of times. I wasn't 100% sure it was a jess, because I
didn't have
my good binoculars with me, but whatever it was, it was long and
thin, and
definitely attached to the hawk's leg. I watched it for a little
while and
it seemed to be flying fine. Just thought I'd mention it, in case
someone
was looking for their hawk. I called the Raptor Center, and they
didn't
have any reports of a missing hawk.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=us+federal+credi
t
+union&
sll=44.85599,-93.232985&sspn=0.010283,0.020406&ie=UTF8&radius=0.5&rq
=1&ev=zi&hq=us+federal+credit
+union&hnear=&ll=44.85599,-93.232985&spn=0.0102
83,0.020406&z=16
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