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> This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --Boundary_(ID_R4OhZPS6T2MsnmX4ZoJX4A) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Angela and Richard et al., I can add a couple things to Richard's answer below. First, hovering and kiting and various combinations for red-tailed and rough-legged hawks are quite frequently emploved in eastern King's County, particularly in dykeland areas. The buteos have learned how to use a moderate to stiff wind efficiently in their hunting techniques. And Richard mentioned the Eurasian kestrel but not the American kestrel, which also employs hovering over open fields and roadside ditches in hunting for large insects, small mammals, etc. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville ---------- From: Richard Stern <sternrichard@gmail.com> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:18:56 -0400 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] do red tail hawks hover? Hi, Most hawks can hover, but to different degrees while hunting. The champion is the Rough-legged, although other buteos, including Red-tails, can hover for a short time. So can Ospreys. If you ever go to Europe and see Eurasian Kestrels, they characteristically hover over motorways waiting for road-kill. There is an old name for them - "wind-hover". European Buzzards (the equivalent there of our Red-tail) also hover regularly. I don't know if any N.American falcons or accipiters hover, but it's not really their flight style. There probably wouldn't be any point in their usual habitat. Many hawks including Red-tails will also "kite" - which means facing into a strong wind and just using their wings and posture to briefly stay in 1 place relative to the ground - a bit like people can spread their arms and lean into a strong wind. (That expression is mentioned in a couple of books I have, but not in any on-line dictionary I could find!). Richard On Dec 27, 2007 2:06 PM, Angela Joudrey <aljoudrey@eastlink.ca> wrote: Do all hawks have the ability to "hover"? I noticed one this am in an area where there are red tails hawks, but I was unable to id it. Just wondering, Angela- now living in a new "bird heaven" area of Windsor -- Angela Slaunwhite aljoudrey@eastlink.ca -- ################# Dr.Richard Stern, 70 Exhibition St. Kentville, NS, Canada B4N 4K9 Richard Stern, 317 Middle Dyke Rd. Port Williams, NS, Canada B0P 1T0 rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca rbstern@xcountry.tv sternrichard@gmail.com ################### --Boundary_(ID_R4OhZPS6T2MsnmX4ZoJX4A) Content-type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>more on: do red-taied hawks hover?</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> Angela and Richard et al., I can add a couple things to Richard's answer below. First, hovering and kiting and various combinations for red-tailed and rough-legged hawks are quite frequently emploved in eastern King's County, particularly in dykeland areas. The buteos have learned how to use a moderate to stiff wind efficiently in their hunting techniques. And Richard mentioned the Eurasian kestrel but not the American kestrel, which also employs hovering over open fields and roadside ditches in hunting for large insects, small mammals, etc.<BR> <BR> Cheers from Jim in Wolfville <BR> ----------<BR> <B>From: </B>Richard Stern <sternrichard@gmail.com><BR> <B>Reply-To: </B>naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR> <B>Date: </B>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:18:56 -0400<BR> <B>To: </B>naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR> <B>Subject: </B>Re: [NatureNS] do red tail hawks hover?<BR> <BR> Hi,<BR> <BR> Most hawks can hover, but to different degrees while hunting. The champion is the Rough-legged, although other buteos, including Red-tails, can hover for a short time. So can Ospreys. If you ever go to Europe and see Eurasian Kestrels, they characteristically hover over motorways waiting for road-kill. There is an old name for them - "wind-hover". European Buzzards (the equivalent there of our Red-tail) also hover regularly. I don't know if any N.American falcons or accipiters hover, but it's not really their flight style. There probably wouldn't be any point in their usual habitat. Many hawks including Red-tails will also "kite" - which means facing into a strong wind and just using their wings and posture to briefly stay in 1 place relative to the ground - a bit like people can spread their arms and lean into a strong wind. (That expression is mentioned in a couple of books I have, but not in any on-line dictionary I could find!). <BR> <BR> Richard<BR> <BR> <BR> On Dec 27, 2007 2:06 PM, Angela Joudrey <aljoudrey@eastlink.ca> wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE>Do all hawks have the ability to "hover"?<BR> <BR> I noticed one this am in an area where there are red tails hawks, but<BR> I was unable to id it.<BR> <BR> Just wondering,<BR> <BR> Angela-<BR> now living in a new "bird heaven" area of Windsor <BR> <FONT COLOR="#888888">--<BR> Angela Slaunwhite<BR> aljoudrey@eastlink.ca<BR> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <BR> <BR> -- <BR> #################<BR> Dr.Richard Stern, <BR> 70 Exhibition St.<BR> Kentville, NS, Canada<BR> B4N 4K9<BR> <BR> Richard Stern, <BR> 317 Middle Dyke Rd.<BR> Port Williams, NS, Canada<BR> B0P 1T0<BR> <BR> rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca<BR> rbstern@xcountry.tv<BR> sternrichard@gmail.com<BR> ################### <BR> </BODY> </HTML> --Boundary_(ID_R4OhZPS6T2MsnmX4ZoJX4A)--
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