From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Thu Jan 8 19:59:03 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i093uk2r013784 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 8 Jan 2004 19:56:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from albatross.mail.pas.earthlink.net (albatross.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.120]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i093tH1l013726 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 8 Jan 2004 19:55:17 -0800 (PST) Received: from user-vcaurni.dsl.mindspring.com ([216.175.110.242] helo=pavilion.earthlink.net) by albatross.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 1Aenjt-0004mU-00; Thu, 08 Jan 2004 19:55:14 -0800 Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.1 Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 19:59:52 -0800 To: "Michael Pollack" <[[email protected]]>, <[[email protected]]> From: Bill Bousman <[[email protected]]> Subject: Re: [SBB] Ferruginous Continues (and some questions) In-Reply-To: <[[email protected]]> References: <[[email protected]]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Cc: 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]] At 06:06 PM 1/8/04 -0800, Michael Pollack wrote: >Thanks to everyone for previous reports on the Ferruginous Hawk(s). I was >able to get some great views of the hawk and see some interesting behavior. >All of this took place in the field on the NE corner of the intersection of >Santa Teresa and Richmond between 1:30 and 2:30 pm today. >Can anyone confirm my observations as consistent with FEHA raising their >young? Would they have young this time of year? Would a parent be likely >to bring food to its young which would then feed on the ground? Dear Michael and all, The Ferruginous Hawks are wintering birds here. I've never heard of the Ferruginous forming social groups, as with the Harris's Hawk. I suspect that it is like the majority of buteos and they feed their young on the breeding grounds for a month or two. After that the young birds are on their own. Like most raptors, there can be a good bit of competition on the winter range and young birds are normally displaced from the better hunting areas. What you saw was probably a case of dominance between raptors, with a dominant bird displacing a less dominant one. Bill _______________________________________________ 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]]