[TN-Bird] Re: [GABO-L] Anyone missing a raptor? (YES!)

From: jbaum79@xxxxxxx
To: adliii@xxxxxxxxx, GABO-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, ahoffman07@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:16:14 -0500
Fred,

See the message I copied below from the Tennessee list this morning.  
It seems unlikely, but I wonder!?

I am forwarding this to the Tennesse list and to the original poster, 
just in case.

Jason Baumgardner

Roswell, GA



A trained Red-tailed Hawk escaped from the Dollywood exhibit in Sevier 
County on
Saturday.  Unfortunately, the bird is not expected to survive if not 
recovered.
If you're birding this area, it might help to keep an eye out for a 
bird with
leg tethers.
http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=77362

Good birding,

Angela M. Hoffman
Knoxville, TN (formerly Oak Ridge)
ahoffman07@xxxxxxxxxxxxx




-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Land <adliii@xxxxxxxxx>
To: GABO-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 3:03 pm
Subject: [GABO-L] Anyone missing a raptor?



I've had three glimpses of a large raptor cruising through our back 
yard in the
last 24 hours.  While it is most likely either a Red-tail or 
Red-shouldered
Hawk, which are both regular if not daily visitors, this fellow felt 
larger and
heavier.  Had a very slow and steady wing beat, and a slow glide, and 
gave the
impression of being pretty uniformly brown.  Saw it land a perch at 
sunset last
night, about 100 feet away and approx. 30 feet up, but it was 
completely backlit
by bright twilight sky, so had no chance at details before it flew off. 
 Had a
tail-on view this morning as it glided over the yard into the 
neighboring trees,
but if it landed, I couldn't find it once I grabbed binocs.

The most curious of all the impressions from these briefs sitings is 
that
there's something dangling from one of the bird's legs.  Maybe it's 
picked up
nesting material, but I'm used to raptors carrying this sort of stuff
cross-ways, rather than haning down, and it seemed too small for prey, 
unless
it's feeding on snakes.

Which leaves me wondering about a tether of some sort.  Are there any 
parks
around here with raptor shows that are missing a bird?

I'll keep watching, and will let you know if I get any better looks at 
him/her.

Fred Land
Decatur - Scott/Clairmont/N. Decatur triangle

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