Date:         Thu, 29 Jun 2006 14:07:10 -0400
Reply-To:     Clare Zens <czens@THCLIBRARY.NET>
Sender:       Georgia Birders Online <GABO-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Clare Zens <czens@THCLIBRARY.NET>
Subject:      Hawk calls
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I was in a store's parking lot on Monday when I heard a strange sound,
which I thought at first might be a child blowing on a toy whistle or
horn. But then I located the source, a big hawk sitting on top of a
light pole. It was midday and the sun was bright, and I didn't have my
binoculars, so I couldn't make out much detail (and I am not very good
on hawk id anyway.) It was the right size and general shape for a
Red-tailed Hawk. But the sounds were not the typical scream. The calls
were three short, loud, shrill, high-pitched notes, repeated every few
seconds. I wondered if it could be a young one still hoping to be fed,
but it certainly seemed big enough to fend for itself. I wish I could
give more detail about its appearance. It did have the streaky band
across the breast, but from the back it was just a silhouette, and I
couldn't tell much about the tail except it was fairly short and wide.
The bird sat there for all of the 20 minutes or so that I was around. I
went for my binocs, but it was gone when I got back. I can't find any
reference to any such call in books or on the Web. Has anybody heard, or
heard of, a hawk making such a sound?
 
Clare Zens
LaGrange, GA 30240
czens@thclibrary.net
 

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