[texbirds] fw: [LABIRD-L] Rough-legged Hawk, Fourchon Beach, 11/28/12
- From: "John Arvin" <jarvin@xxxxxxxx>
- To: "New Texbirds" <texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:44:39 -0600
As the forwarded message indicates Rough-legged Hawk has again penetrated
to the Gulf Coast (Fourchon is near Grand Isle, LA). The real reason for
this message is to see if anyone has searched the Refugio County territory
occupied by last years Rough-leg. It might be worth a look.
John C. Arvin
Research Associate
Gulf Coast Bird Observatory
103 West Hwy 332
Lake Jackson, TX 77566
jarvin@xxxxxxxx
www.gcbo.org
Austin, Texas
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From: "Dave Patton" <wdpatton@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 10:14 AM
To: LABIRD-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [LABIRD-L] Rough-legged Hawk, Fourchon Beach, 11/28/12
Labird,
Delaina LeBlanc and I jumped a Rough-legged Hawk from the beach during a
BTNEP Piping Plover Survey yesterday at Fourchon Beach. Photos at:
http://www.pbase.com/pattonpix/roughlegged
Unfortunately, this area is closed to the public and accessible only for
official surveys and to contractors.
I road down to Grand Isle with Erik Johnson yesterday to help with a BTNEP
Piping Plover Survey. We met up with Don Norman and Delaina LeBlanc at
Fourchon Beach and split into teams for the survey. Before heading out, Don
Norman told of seeing a Rough-legged Hawk on the beach two weeks ago about
5 miles to the east. Delaina and I took one section of the beach and
quickly found a hawk on the beach. It was a Rough-legged Hawk, but was up
and gone before I got any photos. Despite a long search, we could not
relocate it. We continued down the beach and kept pushing a Peregrine
Falcon ahead of as we walked along. After a mile or so it flew from the
beach and began harassing something in he grass. The Rough-legged Hawk took
off, and I was able to get photos as it flew off to the NW over the grass
and shrub flats. It dropped down about 1/2 a mile away behind a mangrove
line.
Dave Patton
Lafayette
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