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| Discussion of other Raptor species; their anatomy, biology, ecology, etc. | |
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| Naturegal | Nov 25 2007, 06:03 AM Post #331 |
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Ian - Talk about "Cool", this video was really cool. Thank you for posting it, what a joy to watch
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| cdn-cdn | Nov 25 2007, 06:40 AM Post #332 |
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Even though the video was made for children, I certainly learned more about Birds of Prey through watching it. Thank you for posting it, Ostrich. It's a good reference tool besides just my birding books, which aren't much help sometimes. |
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| ostrich2 | Nov 25 2007, 08:10 AM Post #333 |
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Since that video was done by somebody who obviously knows a lot about raptors I wondered whether you were familiar with the author - I'm guessing probably a falconer or biologist. I wonder why he didn't include any owls - that's the only thing that's missing. It was interesting the way the Northern Harrier's has the very owl-like facial disk. I didn't realize there were only 3 accipiter species - goshawk, sharp-shinned, and Cooper's. From the observing at Hawk Hill, I know the distinctive tail of the Cooper's now. I'm not so sure about the sharp-shinned - but there were only a couple of those
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| Trishrg | Nov 25 2007, 08:20 AM Post #334 |
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Bravo! Thanks for turning us on to this. |
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| Raptorman | Nov 25 2007, 11:29 AM Post #335 |
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| ostrich2 | Nov 25 2007, 03:27 PM Post #336 |
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You have probably mentioned it, but it's something that I hadn't specifically absorbed before - I think probably a bit because it's easy to mix up the genus accipiter, and the family Accipitridae. I noticed as well that the Peterson Field Guide To Hawks (I'm not sure why they called it field guide to hawks since it includes eagles, falcons, and vultures as well) also omits owls, although perhaps since most owls are nocturnal there's not that as much reason to have them in a field guide. I asked at Hawk Hill whether any owls are ever sighted, and the response was no because they would be migrating at night. |
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| Raptorman | Nov 25 2007, 04:38 PM Post #337 |
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| ostrich2 | Nov 27 2007, 08:50 AM Post #338 |
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Drat - I saw the large raptor again this morning driving in along the back road, gliding around near the tree line. He was quite close, but by the time I could get my camera out and try to get a shot he had moved off in the distance I wonder if he was even the same bird I spotted a couple of weeks ago - maybe a resident. If he hasn't moved from the area yet now that we're starting to get snow on the ground, I'm assuming this bird may be present through the winter. |
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| Raptorman | Nov 27 2007, 09:21 AM Post #339 |
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| ostrich2 | Nov 27 2007, 10:29 AM Post #340 |
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There's only a little bit of snow now, so the ground is still mainly clear. I'm not sure exactly what the options are for a RT or a RL hawk once there gets to be snow cover - I had the impression they could still hunt rodents or small animals like squirrels? Of course birds could still be an option if the species hunts them. |
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| Raptorman | Nov 27 2007, 11:07 AM Post #341 |
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| Patti | Nov 27 2007, 12:50 PM Post #342 |
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From Bill: The confusion between those words Accipitroforms, Accipitridea and Accipiter is the reason I mentioned to pay attention to the suffix. As you can imagine, this is an area of confusion for me. Bill, I think I emailed you privately several weeks ago about something being "wrong" with the YouTube video title that you selected for I.D. purposes. Well, that is it in a nutshell. Being mixed up with titles/groupings. To be truthful, I'm not so hot in this area with parrots or cockatoos, so you can only imagine how easy it is to be 100% scrambled with raptors. The way you work with these concepts is helpful. |
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| Raptorman | Nov 27 2007, 02:26 PM Post #343 |
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| ostrich2 | Nov 27 2007, 08:45 PM Post #344 |
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Here is a site with some numbers from the (California) Hawk Hill migration counts: Golden Gate Hawkwatch |
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| ostrich2 | Nov 27 2007, 09:25 PM Post #345 |
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Bill, have you ever worked with the Ferruginous hawk? That's a species I haven't seen mentioned that often, but it seems like a very formidable bird. |
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I wonder if he was even the same bird I spotted a couple of weeks ago - maybe a resident. If he hasn't moved from the area yet now that we're starting to get snow on the ground, I'm assuming this bird may be present through the winter. 
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