[texbirds] Re: Red-tailed Hawk in the concrete jungle
- From: Alisa Kline <abkline@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 14:05:56 -0500
On Buffalo Bayou between Shepherd and downtown there was a pair of
red-shouldered hawks this winter and spring. Haven't seen/heard them lately.
Saw the first one every day while running and then, in the late winter, a
second appeared. They called to each other quite a bit. I assume they nested
and may have found the nest near Sawyer street, but didn't have binoculars to
confirm it. There is also a pair of Swainsons Hawks frequently over the same
area. I think they are the pair that entertain the bat watchers every night by
swooping in for an evening snack before retiring. Again, I keep seeing them
while running, not birding but I have seen them in the area a bit before sunset
when there was still enough light to id them without glasses. I imagine that
they are the probably same Swainsons that buzz my house from time to time.
There's more wildlife in town than people imagine.
Alisa Kline
2 miles west of downtown Houston
On Jul 28, 2014, at 6:31 PM, Bird.fried <bird.fried@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> While we have lots of 'wildlife' of the human variety in downtown Houston,
> real wildlife (x pigeons and grackles) is harder to find. Still, I just saw
> a young Red-tailed Hawk take down a White-winged Dove. The hawk flew to a
> ledge on the Crown Plaza Hotel to enjoy dinner.
>
> This is the first Red-tailed Hawk that I've seen in town and don't usually
> see them go after birds, normally preferring rodents and such. Timing seems
> odd too. I do see Peregrine's over the city in the winter and the odd
> Cooper's and Osprey during migration but not this time of year and not
> Red-taileds. Perhaps this is one of Joseph's birds from down Buffalo Bayou.
>
> Birds can surprise anywhere....
>
> Bob Friedrichs
> Houston/ Palacios
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