[texbirds] Juvenile Zone-tailed Hawk found perched in new location
- From: SeEtta Moss <seettam@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:57:59 -0600
On Monday I drove to El Zacatel, a location a few miles from the Rio Grande
River and almost to the Cameron County line, where a series of resacas
draws a lot of birds. I was surprised to spot a Zone-tailed Hawk perched
in a deciduous tree in that area and found it was a juvenile. That
location is about 10 miles (as the hawk flies) from Frontera Audubon where
I had followed the juvenile Zone--tailed Hawk I found there on the
Christmas Bird Count. This is easily within foraging distance for a large
raptor so I suspect this is the same juvenile as I found at Frontera.
As this location I found the hawk was close enough to public access that it
could easily be disturbed and I did not want to risk disturbance if this
was a new roosting site. So I waited to post until I could check near dark
to see if the hawk was roosting here. I did not to do Monday or Tuesday
evenings as it had been misting or raining lightly and I did not want to
drive the 20 or so miles back with dark on wet roads. It was dry tonight
so I stayed to check and the hawk was not there at dark or earlier in the
afternoon.
I got some interesting photos including one showing white bases to the
feathers on it's head area, one with a good shot of it's bill and another
shot of it's tail. Additionally I was able to get some nice video of the
hawk as it looks around showing a high level of attentiveness to other
birds/etc around it and provides good views of it's features. I have
uploaded the photos and 1 video clip so far to my Birds and Nature
blog<http://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com>.
I will have additional video clips that I will post later as video takes
more processing.
SeEtta Moss
Colorado birder staying in Pharr
Blogging for Birds and Blooms magazine @
http://birdsandbloomsblog.com/author/seetta-moss/
Personal blog @ BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com
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