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streaked breast. The bird in the book was its twin! No doubt a young bird just learning to fly out inspecting the big world! Enjoy the summer Paul ------=_NextPart_000_0023_01D1FA22.CFCB1500 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY dir=3Dltr> <DIV dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'; COLOR: #000000"> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN><FONT style=3D"FONT-SIZE: = 12pt">Two days=20 ago, before the rain, I was washing up my brushes when a hawk looked = into the=20 window above the sink in my studio. The studio is in the lower level = behind the=20 grapevine for those who have visited the property. It was on the sill = and=20 speaking to something that was close by and answering. It lifted itself = up to a=20 piece of driftwood under the platform feeder and there was another in = the=20 grapevine. I grabbed the camera and headed upstairs to see could I get a = photo.=20 I startled the when I moved ever so carefully to the doorway and there = were=20 three that flew away. I have no way of knowing but my first thought is=20 youngsters with a parent bird. The most noticeable things were the eyes = which=20 were red and the tails were rounded. I heard the chatter about the = yard=20 yesterday and a short while ago today. </FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><FONT size=3D3>I am trying to catch = them with=20 the camera but things are crazy getting ready for the opening of the = lighthouse=20 show in Port Medway at 6. The time they showed up was around 4:30 or 5 = and I=20 will be gone. Maybe tomorrow. </FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><FONT size=3D3> <SPAN>Marg = Millard, White=20 Point</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: = 12pt">....................................</FONT></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN><FONT style=3D"FONT-SIZE: = 12pt">Hi=20 All</FONT></SPAN><FONT style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><SPAN><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><FONT style=3D"FONT-SIZE: = 12pt">This=20 morning while doing some chores in the yard, I saw a hawk flying=20 around.</FONT></FONT><BR></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><FONT style=3D"FONT-SIZE: = 12pt">I sat down=20 to watch and it landed up a tall oak tree about 100m=20 away.</FONT></FONT><BR></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><FONT style=3D"FONT-SIZE: = 12pt">It could=20 see me and we watched each other for a few minutes. Then it=20 flew</FONT></FONT><BR></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><FONT style=3D"FONT-SIZE: = 12pt">and came=20 straight at me. On a downward plane. When it got about 10 m away=20 it</FONT></FONT><BR></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><FONT style=3D"FONT-SIZE: = 12pt">flared up=20 and sat on a limb just over my head. It looked down and turned its=20 head</FONT></FONT><BR></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><FONT style=3D"FONT-SIZE: = 12pt">for a=20 better look. I never saw a curious hawk before! Then it flew=20 of.</FONT></FONT><BR></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><FONT style=3D"FONT-SIZE: = 12pt">From my=20 Bird Book it was a hatch year Coopers Hawk. It had a rounded tail and a=20 brown</FONT></FONT><BR></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><FONT style=3D"FONT-SIZE: = 12pt">streaked=20 breast. The bird in the book was its = twin!</FONT></FONT><BR></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><FONT style=3D"FONT-SIZE: = 12pt">No doubt a=20 young bird just learning to fly out inspecting the big=20 world!</FONT></FONT><BR></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><FONT style=3D"FONT-SIZE: = 12pt">Enjoy the=20 summer</FONT></FONT><BR></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"><FONT=20 style=3D"FONT-SIZE: = 12pt">Paul</FONT></FONT><BR></SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0023_01D1FA22.CFCB1500--
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