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News: Hawks & Kites
Alison:
Lincoln, Nebraska
July 26, 2016
A hawk took a big interest in a TV news weather-cam on Monday.
KOLN in Lincoln, Nebraska said the hawk likes to hang out in front of the camera mounted on their tower, so they check in on it from time to time.
But they've never seen it stare them down like this.
They speculated it had a lot to say about the weather that day.
To see the video:
http://www.kcrg.com/content/news/Hawk-checks-out-TV-stations-weather-camera-388289662.html
The Peregrine Chick:
Here's a neat project to keep an eye on through the winter and into next spring ....
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary's Broad-winged Hawk Project
http://www.hawkmountain.org/science/broadwing-tracking/page.aspx?id=4456
About the Project: Join us as we track the amazing journey of the broad-winged hawk from space using satellite telemetry technology, and together we'll trace the movements of this long-distance migrant from Pennsylvania to Central and South America, and back. This study marks the first time a telemetry unit has ever been placed on a juvenile broadwing. Hawk Mountain is grateful to the Pennsylvania Game Commission for its State Wildlife Grant, as well as support from ATAS International and other private donors and supporters on Indiegogo for making this work possible.
The Peregrine Chick:
Flaming hawk with snake in its talons sparks $10k brush fire
The Weather Network - 11 June 2015
In a scene beyond the imagination of any nature documentary, a hawk carrying a snake in its talons struck power lines north of San Diego Tuesday, sparking a hillside fire.
Despite the flames burning near several local businesses, the incident resulted in $10,000 damage but required no evacuations as officers were quick to call in San Diego Fire-Rescue crews who contained the fire within an hour. Up to 80 firefighters were deployed to extinguish the fire, including a helicopter used to drop water on it.
Fire officials confirmed the cause of the blaze after locating the dead bird and snake in the aftermath.
"A hawk that hit the high voltage power line, caught fire, and fell to the ground," SD Fire-Rescue spokesperson Lee Swanson said in a written release.
Hear interview & watch video = http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/flaming-hawk-with-snake-in-its-talons-sparks-us-brush-fire/52483/
WARNING - VIDEO HAS A GRAPHIC IMAGE OF THE DEAD HAWK
The Peregrine Chick:
--- Quote from: The Peregrine Chick on September 12, 2014, 21:51 ---Big day at one of the Veracruz, Mexico hawk migration sites ... at least for Mississippi Kites ... 15,591 over a 6.5 hour period. That brings the total to just under 174,000 kites (70,755 in Aug and 102,968 so far in Sept) through that site since the site opened on August 20th. The day with the highest count was August 29th with over 27,000 in a 10 hour period and there have been no days between August 20th and today that MIKIs have not been observed at this site. Imagine having 174,000 peregrines ... :o
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in case folks are looking for these numbers here ...
The Peregrine Chick:
For those interested, Mississippi Kites (no idea if ours as well) have been hitting southern migration sites for the last couple/three weeks, but only on certain days. Today was one of those days - 9380 kites went through a Veracruz, Mexico migration site in just under 9 hours. The only other raptor identified during this same period was 1 osprey. Counts in Texas a bit earlier were in the 1000s a couple of days but this seems to have been the big day for MIKIs.
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