Hi,
I think we may have spotted someone's hawk gone astray. At 7:05 pm, we
saw what we took to be a Red-Tailed Hawk on top of a utility pole. It
was standing in an odd position, almost like it was mantling something
there. We turned back, concerned that it's wing might be caught in a
loop of wire at the top of the pole but fortunately that wasn't the
case. It flew off and then we could see it seemed to have jesses
dangling from its legs. It landed on a utility wire close by, teetering
and appearing to lack experience with phone poles and wires.
Initially I assumed it was a red-tail, and it may well have been, but
the lighting wasn't great & I was concentrating at first on whether the
wing was caught and then on the jesses, not on making an ID. All I can
say for sure was it was the size & shape of a red-tail but could have
been some other buteo.
This was at the intersection of Seneca County Rte 131 and Combs Road, in
the southwestern part of the Town of Ovid. When we came back past at
8:15 we didn't see it but it was getting quite dark, it could still be
in that area.
Alicia
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