[TN-Bird] Northern Goshawk, Lewis County
- From: Bill Pulliam <bb551@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tnbird bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 17:01:19 -0600
While I was delivering a live-trapped mouse this morning (12/07/2010)
to our usual drop spot about a mile from our house, a HUGE accipiter
with big white fluffy crissum crossed the road right in from of me
with the sun at my back. As seems usual with this species, the bird
was a fly-by, no leisurely perched views. But the size, build,
accipiter flight, and big white crissum left me with no doubt as to
its ID. This casts a new light on some recent diurnal chicken
disappearances we have noticed (the bird was headed in the direction
of our house when I saw it). I had blamed them on the neighborhood
Cooper's Hawk, but in my experience the Coops don't usually take
adult chickens, just the young ones.
Bill Pulliam
western Lewis County, TN
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