I'm so glad to see that only the names of the birds are extinct, not the
actual birds!
From: Scott Baron <brnpelican@xxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: brnpelican@xxxxxxxxx
To: betc@xxxxxxx, va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [va-bird] Re: The Good Old Days
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 10:27:33 -0800 (PST)
Peregrine Falcon used to be Duck Hawk, Merlin used to
be Pigeon Hawk, American Kestrel used to be Sparrow
Hawk.
From what I can tell, "chicken hawk" is a term used by
some rural Americans that can mean any type of bird
prey-type bird. In college, I remember arguing w/ a
girl who insisted that a Turkey Vulture that was
soaring over the road was a "chicken hawk." Drove me
crazy.
Scott Baron
Fairfax, Va.
--- Betsy True <betc@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>Too bad I never got to see one of these
> now-extinct "chicken hawks!"<<
> and
> >>I was reading one from the late thirties and found
> a note stating that
> two duck hawks were observed on Bitter Lake and they
> were quickly dispatched
> "<<
>
> For us newer birders--are there new names for "duck
> hawks" and "chicken
> hawks"? I know osprey used to be "fish hawks"
>
>
>
> Betsy True
> Alexandria, VA
>
> Check out my website:
> http://www.betsytruedesigns.com
> and my blog: http://betsytruedesigns.blogspot.com
>
> See Lynda Prioleau's website:
> http://www.matlyndesigns.com
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: LarryNTA@xxxxxxx
> Date: 11/14/2006 10:35:54 AM
> To: va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [va-bird] The Good Old Days
>
> A recent issue of The Shenandoah Valley-Herald (Oct
> 25) published a series
> of reprints under the heading of "Yester Years"
> (page C4). Among them was
> the following item from the "Shenandoah Valley"
> October 25, 1906: "Mr. A. J.
> Fansler recently killed a chicken hawk that measured
> 3 feet and a [sic] 2
> inches from tip to tip and later Mr. J. H. Miller
> killed a chicken hawk that
> measured 3 feet tip to tip of wings."
>
>
> Larry Kline
>
>
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