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Monday, September 25, 2006

Common Black Hawk update

We didn't see the Common Black Hawk, but 3 Ospreys provided a show. Two of them perched within a few hundreds yards of the MacKenzie bridge, and both went fishing. A third Osprey flew in, calling and displaying to the other two. While watching one of the Osprey's sitting on a snag watching for prey, it reminded me of how the Common Black Hawk had done the same thing as I watched two nights ago.

While I watched the Osprey on the snag where the Common Black Hawk had perched, some mixed swallows came in and flew around the area where the Osprey perched. The Osprey 's head moved as it apparently watched these interlopers in its air space--again this reminded me of how the Common Black Hawk, sitting on the same snag, watched a flock of swallows that were flying in the area of that snag. Though I googled the internet to see if Common Black Hawks ever it birds, I couldn't find any reference that it engages in that behavior.

SeEtta

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