Rudolph count highlights

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   Hey Tom,   I was talking to Becky and Jeff today about the Goshawk.  I may well have seen the same bird Saturday on my way to Lima.  I was flying down 75 south bound and noticed a large raptor about to cross 75 from west to east.  I really only saw silhouette, but the bird did not feel like a Redtail.    Without aid of binocs or more than a 2 second look I was thinking I had a Rough-legged.  I am now about 99% sure it was the Goshawk.   This was at about 10:30am. 

Good Birding!

BZ

Edited by Brian Zwiebel - 21 December 2009 at 8:09am

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	Hey Tom, I was talking to Becky and Jeff today about the Goshawk. I may well have seen the same bird Saturday on my way to Lima. I was flying down 75 south bound and noticed a large raptor about to cross 75 from west to east. I really only saw silhouette, but the bird did not feel like a Redtail. Without aid of binocs or more than a 2 second look I was thinking I had a Rough-legged. I am now about 99% sure it was the Goshawk. This was at about 10:30am. Good Birding! BZ Edited by Brian Zwiebel - 21 December 2009 at 8:09am
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ThKemp Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 02 August 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 139	Post Options Post Reply Quote ThKemp Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 20 December 2009 at 5:33am
	Appropriately enough, birders on the 4th annual Rudolph CBC were greeted with snowy weather. But at least we avoided gale force winds this year. All of the numbers have not yet been totaled, but here are the highlights among 63 species: adult Northern goshawk along Poe Road just west of I-75; Short-eared owl along Mitchell Rd. north of Cygnet Rd.; Cackling goose in a pond along the north side of Rte 6 just west of I-75. As usual, good numbers of Horned larks (1839) and Lapland longspurs (1205) were found. More later, now off to Toledo. T. Kemp