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Re: landing on a hawk
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: Re: landing on a hawk
- From: "S. J. Froning" <sjfroning@yahoo.com>
- Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 08:24:52 -0700 (PDT)
- In-Reply-To: <20010705141850.92367.qmail@web13304.mail.yahoo.com>
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Kate, Chris and C-Birders:
I recently watched an E. Kingbird land three times on
the back of a female N. Harrier
as she glided down a ridge over pasture in far
northern Ashe Co.
I was all set (scope, nocs, Crazy Creek chair)
watching the harriers so I was positioned above the
two and got a great look.
I thought I was seeing things until I was scanning
all my Blue Ridge/mt. bird guides
later that night and read about this behavior in the
little guide,
"Birds of the Smokies" by Alsop.
I did not observe any feather plucking but the E.
Kingbird definitely "surfed",
(no longer flapping/flying) on the back of this
non-plussed harrier.
Extraordinary.
Jill Froning
c. Chatham Co. NC
--- Kate Finlayson <katefin@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Carolyn VanMaalsen had written about scissortails
> landing on a redtails back a while back. Chris and I
> witnessed either a Tropical or Cassin's kingbird
> doing
> the same thing to a Gray Hawk at the Kino Springs
> Golf
> Course near Nogales, AZ in June. We can't remember
> which kingbird it was(we should write this stuff
> down!) but it swooped down and landed on the Gray
> Hawks back and stayed there for awhile as the hawk
> flew away.
> Kate
>
> =====
> Kate Finlayson
> N. Chatham Co.,N.C.
> katefin@yahoo.com
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