Feb. 17, 2008 Tunica Co, MS This morning, I discovered one of the Rough-legged Hawks had been shot and killed, evidently just shortly before I arrived at its favorite field. I had missed the bird on Saturday but just thought it had headed back north as the other two I had been keeping tabs on. Both had left the previous week from their field about a mile away but this bird had stayed. I had taken a few photos of an immature Krider's at this field Saturday and returned this AM to try for a few more photos. I noticed some feathers blowing up in the wind about 150 yards out in the rice stubble. As I approached, my heart sunk, even at a distance, I recognized it was the Rough-legged. I can't explain the deep loss I felt and then such a rush of anger. A wondrous creature lay wasted; it had brought many birders great joy, as we watched it at work, hunting and kiting over the rice stubble. I took the bird to the Mississippi Wildlife Rehabilitation Center at Lake Cormorant, to be transferred to a proper agency for use as a skin. I've posted photos at the site below. The pictures are saddening, yet still a tribute to the majesty and beauty of this great bird that we had marveled at, alive and wild. _http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/roughleggs&page=all_ (http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/roughleggs&page=all) Good Birding !!! Jeff R. Wilson / TLBA 6300 Memphis-Arlington Road Bartlett, TN 38135 http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/ What is this feathered thing that lifts my heart to the heavens. **************Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/ 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598) =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ EXCELLENT MAP RESOURCES Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________