From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Mon Jun 23 14:01:20 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h5NKvBGT029006 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 13:57:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp3.Stanford.EDU (smtp3.stanford.edu [171.64.14.172]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h5NKtw8b028961 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 13:56:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from root@localhost) by smtp3.Stanford.EDU (8.12.9/8.12.9) id h5NKtrTb021374 for [[email protected]]; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 13:55:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [171.65.49.15] (welch1000-onco-imac2.Stanford.EDU [171.65.49.15]) by smtp3.Stanford.EDU (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h5NKtpIV021358 for <[[email protected]]>; Mon, 23 Jun 2003 13:55:51 -0700 (PDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: (Unverified) Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <[[email protected]]> References: <[[email protected]]> Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 13:55:33 -0700 To: [[email protected]] From: Patty Ciesla <[[email protected]]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: [SBB] red-tail hawk fledges with nice form! X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2+ Precedence: list List-Id: South Bay Birding List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Errors-To: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Yesterday we watched one of the two red-tail hawk chicks take one of its first flights across our yard. First it spent some time flapping from one of the branches near the nest, then it leaped off and flapped, arcing rather unsteadily around and looped back into the tree, landing near the nest. A few minutes later it took flight again and flew smoothly across the yard, flapping strongly to gain a little height, and then into another tree, landing with a strong grasp and no wobbling as touched down on a branch where the adults often perch. It was promptly mobbed by a jay that has been pestering the adults. We didn't have time to watch it return or see if its sibling (partially visible and flapping in the nest) would try to join in on the aerial fun. The chicks are begging with a lot more gusto lately - they are loud now! Patty Ciesla Page Mill Road at Foothills Park Los Altos Hills _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. south-bay-birds mailing list ([[email protected]]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://www.plaidworks.com/mailman/options/south-bay-birds/south-bay-birds-archive%40plaidworks.com This email sent to [[email protected]]