[RCSE] Thermal soaring an aphrodisiac?

[Jim Deck]

   OK, so I'm watching two Cooper's hawks cavorting in and around my lilac 
bushes.  One grabs a dead branch from the ground and parades around and the 
other prances around and opens its wings.  I watched this strange activity 
for about an hour then looked up the habits of Cooper's hawks.  Turns out I 
was watching the second phase of their mating ritual which is preceded by, 
get this, 30 to 45 minutes of thermal soaring.  Hmm...
   Jim Deck 

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