Bethesda Hawk Report, March 8
Rob Hilton (robert@csa.com)
Mon, 08 Mar 1999 08:12:30 -0500
Hello,
Just when I got out of the car in downtown Bethesda on this chilly morning,
I saw a large bird flying no more than 30 feet over the roadways, flying
east from Wisconsin Avenue (I am parking in a different lot this week). As
this shape drew closer, I realized that it was an adult Cooper's Hawk, as I
could see the light gray back and the orange bars underneath. I think it
was a female, as it appeared to be long and bulky. In mid-December I
twice saw a large Cooper's Hawk over a nearby parking lot, on one occasion
eating its kill on top of a parked delivery van.
Rob
Rob (Robert) Hilton--robert@csa.com--Bethesda, Md. (very close to
Washington, DC)
"The sow has just landscaped your garden once more" -- Tatarcheff/McGarrigle