Re: Can someone identify this bird?

Hi Pete,

The lion looks pretty convincing to me. In Beltsville, we only have foxes ( http://dbolt.smugmug.com/gallery/1888026/1/95208616 ) and exotics ( http://dbolt.smugmug.com/Animals ) in our back yard. No lions!

Know anybody who is looking for a budgie? We have two that have been pretty regular for the past two weeks. The Monk Parakeet was only seen once.

doug

pete wrote:
Oh yeah - there it is.

I guess it must have escaped from the National Zoo. No wonder that bird
didn't hang around very long.


Jangchub wrote:
Wow! Good spotting! I see it now in the upper left corner.









On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 20:37:52 GMT, Douglas Bolt
<dbolt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In Pete's pic http://home.earthlink.net/~pnjcook/P91300351.jpg

pete wrote:
?? Not that I know of ! I'm not seeing it -- which photo are you
looking at?


Douglas Bolt wrote:
Pete,

BTW, do you have a lion in your back yard? It sure looks like one
behind and to the left of the hawk.

doug bolt
www.boltassociates.com
Beltsville, MD USA

pete wrote:
Greetings,

I hope one of you experts can help. This bird -- a hawk, perhaps? -
appeared in our back yard and we're very curious to identify it. We
live in suburban Maryland and have never seen one before. Here are two
photos.

http://home.earthlink.net/~pnjcook/P91300351.jpg

http://home.earthlink.net/~pnjcook/P91300291.jpg

Sorry the quality's not better; it's a very cloudy day and I couldn't
get very close.

I'd say it's about 18-20 inches from the tip of its tail to the top of
its head.

Many thanks!

Peter


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