[texbirds] Re: Red-tailed Hawk in the concrete jungle
- From: "Ramig, Robert Franklin" <rramig@xxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 12:02:00 -0500
A pair of red-tails nested on a cell phone tower near the intersection of South
Shepherd and the SW freeway this year. Two young fledged in early June and
remained the neighborhood calling for food until I left for vacation June 18.
The adults and the young appeared to have left the neighborhood by July 7 when
I returned, and I haven't seen them since. I think the take-home lesson is
that red-tails do nest successfully in the city.
Frank Ramig
Houston
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Behalf Of Joseph Kennedy
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2014 7:07 PM
To: Bob Friedrichs
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Subject: [texbirds] Re: Red-tailed Hawk in the concrete jungle
The red-tails across the way are still here sqealing to be fed. They have moved
close since last Friday so I get to hear them much better.
Yesterday and today more so, the alarm jay is learning to do the squeal again.
He is having trouble. He gives one squeal that sounds about 70% OK but is only
half the needed length. Then he gives 3 quick longer squeals but only have the
volume and off pitch. Then he mumbles to himself and tries again. Wonder if the
hawks feel like Henry Higgins teaching the jay how to talk hawk.
On Mon, 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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