This evening (5-1-13) I did get out to the hay field near Lafayette, Yamhill Count, where the Swainson's Hawks were discovered a few days ago. There were at least two still in the field, but I didn't really search of any others. I took a few distant photos which can be seen here: http://empids.blogspot.com/. Floyd Schrock On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 5:18 PM, Linda Fink <linda@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > ** > > > My eye appt in Mac today took forever and I arrived at the Swainson's > Hawk fields with dilated eyes. Through dark glasses I could see 2 Great > Blue Herons and a turkey vulture in the field and a Red-tailed Hawk on a > fence post by the road. Then a long-winged hawk took off from the field > and made lots of very acrobatic and lovely circles as it went up, up, > up... with binocs I could see it was a Swainson's... quite lovely and > quite different flight style than any other hawk I've seen. As it got > higher, I saw another hawk circling above it even higher... could not id > at that distance. I was afraid that was the last of the Swainson's, > hitting an updraft and heading Northward continuing their migration. But > I got out my scope and studied all the hawks left in the fields... I > found 6 of them. Every one was a Red-tail: dark head, light breast, dark > belly band... plus a red tail on the ones where I could see a tail. > > So if anyone has seen, sees, a Swainson's in that field after 3:30 today > (May 1), I'd like to hear about it. > > Linda Fink > -- > http://lindafink.blogspot.com/ > http://lindafink-birdnotes.blogspot.com/ > __._,_.___ > Reply via web > post<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/YamhillBirders/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJvZGticWJ2BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE5NjAwMwRncnBzcElkAzE3MDUwODI5ODgEbXNnSWQDMjI4NgRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNycGx5BHN0aW1lAzEzNjc0NTM5MTQ-?act=reply&messageNum=2286> > Reply > to sender <linda@xxxxxxxx?subject=Re%3A%20Swainson%27s%20Hawks> Reply to > group > <YamhillBirders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=Re%3A%20Swainson%27s%20Hawks> Start > a New > Topic<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/YamhillBirders/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJkaWNhdTZkBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE5NjAwMwRncnBzcElkAzE3MDUwODI5ODgEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDbnRwYwRzdGltZQMxMzY3NDUzOTE0> > Messages > in this > topic<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/YamhillBirders/message/2286;_ylc=X3oDMTMzbDhxb3NtBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE5NjAwMwRncnBzcElkAzE3MDUwODI5ODgEbXNnSWQDMjI4NgRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawN2dHBjBHN0aW1lAzEzNjc0NTM5MTQEdHBjSWQDMjI4Ng-->(1) > Recent Activity: > > > Visit Your > Group<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/YamhillBirders;_ylc=X3oDMTJkZnYxOGI3BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE5NjAwMwRncnBzcElkAzE3MDUwODI5ODgEc2VjA3Z0bARzbGsDdmdocARzdGltZQMxMzY3NDUzOTE0> > MARKETPLACE > ------------------------------ > ------------------------------ > [image: Yahoo! > Groups]<http://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJjYm5rb3ZsBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzE5NjAwMwRncnBzcElkAzE3MDUwODI5ODgEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDZ2ZwBHN0aW1lAzEzNjc0NTM5MTQ-> > Switch to: > Text-Only<YamhillBirders-traditional@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=Change+Delivery+Format:+Traditional>, > Daily > Digest<YamhillBirders-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=Email+Delivery:+Digest>• > Unsubscribe<YamhillBirders-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=Unsubscribe>• > Terms > of Use <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> • Send us Feedback > <ygroupsnotifications@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=Feedback+on+the+redesigned+individual+mail+v1> > . > > __,_._,___ > -- ==================== Floyd Schrock McMinnville, Oregon USA http://empids.blogspot.com ====================