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Patience rewarded
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: Patience rewarded
- From: rperkins@fayettevillenc.com (Robert C. Perkins)
- Date: Thu, 14 Oct 1999 20:40:04 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
For longer than a year, every time I saw an accipiter, I hoped to get a
positive id--sharp-shinned or Cooper's. Back in March, during a trip in
New Hampshire, I got good looks at and a positive id on a Cooper's. That
left the sharpie. Since then, I've chanced on accipters several times,
either seeing them in bad light or for such a brief instant that no
positive id was possible. This morning on the college golf course, I
finally got good looks at a sharp-shinned. It was harassing crows, of all
things. It landed twice and I got to check it out both times. I also
observed it flying. Based on overall size, relative head size, wing set,
and square tail, the bird was a sharpie. Whee!
Bob
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Robert C. Perkins, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Methodist College, Fayetteville, NC 28311
910-630-7037 rperkins@methodist.edu