Steve Matherly from Houston, Texas, got a couple of quick flight shots of the Ferruginous Hawk and has allowed me to post them on the web site. For those that might want to see this bird they might be helpful in the ID of a distant flying bird. In the immediate area, there are adult and immature Krider's which might cause some confusion and you can also enjoy a lot of dark morph Red-tailed Hawks, from Rufous to Harlan's (light and dark morph) that can be found in the area on days birding. Also it does not hurt that there are LOTS of Sandhill Cranes, Western Meadowlarks, Lapland Longspurs, a few Short-eared Owls and tons of 5 species of Geese in the area you keep you entertained. The key area is off of Buck Island Road between Hambrick and 304 Highway in Tunica Co. Mississippi but the Ferruginous Hawk does range out. Try: _http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/ferruginous _ (http://www.pbase.com/ol_coot/ferruginous) Good Birding!!! Jeff R. Wilson OL'COOT / TLBA Bartlett, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================