A Tale of a Hawk Identification

By Corey • October 6, 2009 • 3 comments

Rich Guthrie found a very strange hawk for upstate New York in New Baltimore, Greene County, and tells the tale on his blog. The post is well worth a read and it serves as a reminder that even those with many years of experience birding can still be thrown by the unfamiliar.

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Corey

Corey is a New Yorker who has lived most of his life upstate but has spent the last three years in Queens. He's only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasn't working as a union representative or spending time with his family. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B.

3 Responses to “A Tale of a Hawk Identification”

Will Oct 6th, 2009 at 9:20 pm
FYI The Hawk was re-found this evening. I’ll be looking for it in the AM!
Corey Oct 7th, 2009 at 9:55 am
And it is still being seen…anyone driving up from NYC who wants to split gas and tolls just let me know…
Will Oct 7th, 2009 at 10:27 am
A very pretty Hawk! Got lots of photos, I’m sure I’ll have up on my blog this evening!

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