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--20cf3054a5e3a1ec3d049b39ff3d Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Over the years, I've had three Ruffed Grouse turned into me, tentatively identified by the finder as "a hawk". The grouse does have a slight curve in its beak...I wonder if that's what folks cue in on? It also just goes to show how important behaviour is in identifying birds; I doubt any of them would have made the misidentification had the bird been alive and wandering about. Randy _________________________________ RF Lauff Way in the boonies of Antigonish County, NS. ------------------------------ > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca; hennigar@xcountry.tv > From: jimwolford@eastlink.ca > Subject: [NatureNS] more on eagles + dead barred owl & ruffed grouse, + > pine warbler > Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:07:31 -0400 > > ... > ------------------------ > At home we got a call from *south Kentville* about a large bird that was > found dead, *presumably window-killed*, this morning -- the finders > identified it as an immature *red-tailed hawk?,* BUT NO, when I picked it > up today from them, it was a *ruffed grouse! *It has now been deposited > in a freezer of Acadia Univ. Biology, along with a presumed *road-kill > barred owl* found dead in Kentville by Bob Cote on Jan. 28. > > --20cf3054a5e3a1ec3d049b39ff3d Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Over the years, I've had three Ruffed Grouse turned into me, tentativel= y identified by the finder as "a hawk". The grouse does have a sl= ight curve in its beak...I wonder if that's what folks cue in on?<div> <br></div><div>It also just goes to show how important behaviour is in iden= tifying birds; I doubt any of them would have made the misidentification ha= d the bird been alive and wandering about.</div><div><br></div><div>Randy<b= r clear=3D"all"> _________________________________<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>A= ntigonish County, NS.<br> <br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style= =3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div> <hr> To: <a href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" target=3D"_blank">naturens@c= hebucto.ns.ca</a>; <a href=3D"mailto:hennigar@xcountry.tv" target=3D"_blank= ">hennigar@xcountry.tv</a><br>From: <a href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.c= a" target=3D"_blank">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a><br> Subject: [NatureNS] more on eagles + dead barred owl & ruffed grouse, += pine warbler<br>Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:07:31 -0400<br><br> <div style=3D"margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><font cla= ss=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"Helvetica"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span"= style=3D"font-size: 12px;">...</span></font></div> <div style=3D"margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><font sty= le=3D"font:12px Helvetica" size=3D"3" face=3D"Helvetica">------------------= ------</font></div> <div style=3D"margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px"><font sty= le=3D"font:12px Helvetica" size=3D"3" face=3D"Helvetica">At home we got a c= all from <b>south Kentville</b> about a large bird that was found dead, <b>= presumably window-killed</b>, this morning -- the finders identified it as = an immature <b>red-tailed hawk?,</b> BUT NO, when I picked it up today from= them, it was a <b>ruffed grouse!=A0 </b>It has now been deposited in a fre= ezer of Acadia Univ. Biology, along with a presumed <b>road-kill barred owl= </b> found dead in Kentville by Bob Cote on Jan. 28.</font></div> <div style=3D"min-height:14px;font:12px Helvetica;margin-bottom:0px;margin-= left:0px;margin-right:0px"><br></div></div></blockquote></div></div> --20cf3054a5e3a1ec3d049b39ff3d--
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