[TN-Bird] Re: Take 2 :Hawk ID Question
- From: "Ford, Robert" <robert_p_ford@xxxxxxx>
- To: Chris Sloan <csloan1973@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 12:27:43 -0400
Yep, harrier is a bird of field and marsh . . .thought I would share an
interesting past observation though. A few years ago I was in the field,
and on 2 occasions in late winter/early spring, I flushed a harrier out of
a small grassy patch in a small opening in thick forest a little before
sunrise. I assumed roosting there, maybe in migration. But that's not to
be "expected".
Bob Ford
Haywood County, TN
On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 11:18 AM, Chris Sloan <csloan1973@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> A harrier is possible this time of year. They are migrating now and
> certainly should be passing through Tennessee. That said, harriers are
> field and marsh birds, not forest birds, so if it came out of the forest it
> is unlikely to have been harrier. If it truly had a white rump, then
> harrier is really the only option because it is the only raptor found here
> with a white rump. If it's possible that you just saw it from the side and
> maybe saw white undertail or vent, then more likely it was something else.
>
>
> Chris Sloan
> Nashville, TN
> http://www.chrissloanphotography.com
>
> On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 6:31 AM, Kristy L Baker <kristybaker@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> * Sunday afternoon I was watching birds from the porch again. I heard a
>> jay scolding back into the woods. Soon other jays followed along with a
>> lot of other very agitated birds. About 10 minutes later a large hawk
>> swooped from the woods, along the fence line and back up. It was a large
>> hawk, brownish with a white rump patch. I thought Northern Harrier and
>> dismissed it. I then told myself I must have seen the front of the hawk and
>> assumed it was a large Cooper's Hawk. *
>>
>> *I was reviewing some of my eBird listings and see that I recorded a
>> Northern Harrier a couple of Januarys ago at the house. I had forgotten
>> all about it, but I recall it as flying low over the trees. *
>>
>> *We have just under 2.5 acres at the back of a rural subdivision. Two
>> sides of the property are along the woods with a large portion of the
>> property in grass. Is it possible I seen a Northern Harrier? It just
>> doesn't feel like I should have. Any other bird with a white rump that it
>> could have been?*
>>
>> *Kristy Baker*
>> *Rockvale TN*
>> *Rutherford Count*
>>
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