SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2022
QUINCY, CA
I went out for a look-see bicycle ride in the afternoon, not a time of day I usually go out. But this time of year the sun is lower in the sky and in an acceptable position for my angles of sight for photography along the route I ride. There’s a stretch of road that has been very good for hawk sighting in the past years, around this time of year.
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The hawk-watching begins as soon as I’m outside; in the past I’ve seen hawks in the trees and on the phone poles immediately outside my apartment. Today when I spied the RT of this story all I could do was lament. There it was, just off the roadway at the bottom of a phone/power pole. Curiosity took over so I stepped off the bicycle for a close look. Oh. Wow. Banded! Now, can I get the number off the band, photographed even? Yes, easily enough as it turned out. And a “first-ever” experience for me.
Trigger warning: dead hawk.
I rolled the bird over so I could take better photos of the band, but otherwise did not disturb or move the carcass any more than that.
After going through the reporting steps at the website,
U.S. Geological Survey
Eastern Ecological Science Center
at the Patuxent Research Refuge
Bird Banding Laboratory
I received this email in response:
The Lat/Long coordinates, incidentally, I got by using Google Earth.
And that was that. Duly reported, I done my good deed for the day. However, the ride for the day was not over; maybe I could find something else, something more. And I did.
Now It's Your Turn.
What have you noted happening in your area or travels? As usual post your observations as well as their general location in the comments.
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