Kites, Hawks, Eagles, Falcons

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="096d4c00dduajq.gif"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="95" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 46 WIDTH="91"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="46" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="91" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#003333" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Fauna and Flora of Kerr County, Texas</B></FONT>     |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Fauna and Flora of Kerr County, Texa"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id91.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Loons, Grebes, Pelicans, Cormorants, Anh"><U>Loons, Grebes, Pelicans, Cormorants, Anhinga</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id92.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Herons, Egrets, Ibises, Spoonbill, Stork"><U>Herons, Egrets, Ibises, Spoonbill, Storks, Vultures</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id93.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ducks, Geese, Swans"><U>Ducks, Geese, Swans</U></A>   |   <B>Kites, Hawks, Eagles, Falcons</B>   |   <A HREF="id95.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Grouse, Turkey, Quail, Rails, Cranes"><U>Grouse, Turkey, Quail, Rails, Cranes</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id96.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Shorebirds, Plovers, Gulls, Terns"><U>Shorebirds, Plovers, Gulls, Terns</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id97.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Doves, Pigeons, Cuckoos, Owls, Nightjars"><U>Doves, Pigeons, Cuckoos, Owls, Nightjars</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id98.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Swifts, Hummingbirds, Kingfishers, Woodp"><U>Swifts, Hummingbirds, Kingfishers, Woodpeckers</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id99.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Flycatchers, Shrikes, Vireos"><U>Flycatchers, Shrikes, Vireos</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id100.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Jays, Crows, Ravens, Lark, Swallows, Mar"><U>Jays, Crows, Ravens, Lark, Swallows, Martin</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id101.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Chickadee, Titmouse, Verdin, Bushtit, Nu"><U>Chickadee, Titmouse, Verdin, Bushtit, Nuthatches, Creeper, Wrens</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id102.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kinglets, Gnatcatcher, Thrushes, Mocking"><U>Kinglets, Gnatcatcher, Thrushes, Mockingbird, Thrashers, Pipits, Waxwing</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id103.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Warblers"><U>Warblers</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id104.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tanagers, Sparrows, Grosbeaks, Cardinals"><U>Tanagers, Sparrows, Grosbeaks, Cardinals, Buntings</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id105.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Blackbirds, Finches"><U>Blackbirds, Finches</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id38.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Introduced, Feral and Exotic"><U>Introduced, Feral and Exotic</U></A></div> <div> Kites, Hawks, Eagles, Falcons</div> <bR> <div> <B>At least five Bald Eagles and one Golden Eagle had returned to their traditional roost at Boneyard Draw by the afternoon of 26 November 2003. None were present (that i could detect) on 16 November 2003. I suspect they arrived ahead of the strong front of the 23rd. Pictures below were taken on the 26th.</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="10b35e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="10b25e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="10b55e070.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="10b65e340.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="308" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="10b75e5e0.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="350" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Progressively closer pictures of an adult Bald Eagle roosting on the cliff face.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="10b85ee50.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="229" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="10b95e5e0.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="350" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="10ba5eef0.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="239" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="10bb5e510.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="337" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="10bc5e190.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="10bd5eec0.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="236" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="10be5e840.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="388" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="10bf5e7f0.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="383" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="10c05e6e0.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="366" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="10c15e730.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="371" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="10c25e4e0.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="334" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="10c35e190.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="281" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="10c45e380.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="312" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="10c55e400.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="320" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Boneyard Draw, west Kerr County, 26 November 2003</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Mississippi Kite, </B><I>Ictinia mississippiensis</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><IMG SRC="284dea40.jpg" border=0 width="222" height="164" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <B>Mississippi Kite, </B><I>Ictinia mississippiensis</I></div> <div> One of three seen passing over near sunset, but probably the tail end of a string of migrants.</div> <div> Camp Rio Vista, 5 September 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Sharp-shinned Hawk, </B><I>Accipiter striatus</I></div> <div> An exceptionally late, or otherwise out-of-season/out-of-range Sharp-shinned Hawk was at Camp Rio Vista the evening of 5 June 2002. At one point the hawk was being flight-harassed by four Scissor-tailed Flycatchers, two Barn Swallows, a Eurasian Collared-Dove, an Orchard Oriole, and two Northern Mockingbirds. It seemed to want to hang around the camp aviary (cheap dinner), but the local wild birds were pretty adamant that it not stay around. It was present again on 6 June 2002. Jay Packer reported on in Abilene the previous week, also very late or well out of range. A pair nested in the Davis Mountains in 2000 and perhaps morre recently. One was watched as it aggressively chased an adult Red-tailed Hawk in the area of the dam at Ingram Dam Lake ??? July 2002. One chase a Common Grackle from out of a flock in a Live Oak at RV on 3 October 2002, burst ing the whole flock (tg).</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Cooper's Hawk, </B><I>Accipiter cooperii</I></div> <div> A single bird, first of the fall, was harassed by three Red-shouldered Hawks before taking refuge in a dense Sugarberry at RV on 3 October 2002. I couldn't quite get the camera set before it took (tg). A Cooper's Hawk was on Cade Loop on 12 December 2002 (tg)</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="988e5c50.jpg" border=0 width="229" height="197" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Cooper's Hawk, </B><I>Accipter cooperii</I></div> <div> I don't know which picture is worse, this or the Mississippi Kite!</div> <div> Camp Rio Vista, 3 October 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="d2dd4980.jpg" border=0 width="212" height="152" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="d2c96980.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="152" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Cooper's Hawk, </B><I>Accipiter cooperii</I></div> <div> Ingram Dam Lake, 9 October 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Red-shouldered Hawk, </B><I>Buteo lineatus</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="28122c70.jpg" border=0 width="290" height="199" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="28004c70.jpg" border=0 width="260" height="199" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Red-shouldered Hawk, </B><I>Buteo lineatus</I></div> <div> Camp Rio Vista, 5 September 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Fuertes' Red-tailed Hawk, </B><I>Buteo jamaicensis fuertesi</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><IMG SRC="a4de3dd0.jpg" border=0 width="227" height="221" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="a4cefdd0.jpg" border=0 width="239" height="221" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <B>Fuertes' Red-tailed Hawk,</B><I> Buteo jamaicensis fuertesi</I></div> <div> Cade Loop Road, 4 October 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0ea20200.gif" border=0 width="32" height="32" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  Zone-tailed Hawk,</B>  <I>Buteo albonotatus</I></div> <div> Chris O'Quinn reported a Zone-tailed Hawk near her place at Stonehenge on FM1341 on 18 August 2002. One adult bird was over Ingram on 19 August 2002.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><IMG SRC="0f768680.jpg" border=0 width="360" height="360" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <B>Zone-tailed Hawk, </B>Buteo albonotatus</div> <div> Photo of Zone-tailed Hawk (not in Kerr County) is<I> © by Erik Breden.</I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Merlin, </B><I>Falco columbarius</I></div> <div> A single Merlin was perched below the dam at Ingram Dam Lake on 6 December 2002 (tg).</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>American Kestrel, </B><I>Falco sparverius</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><IMG SRC="593a6a20.jpg" border=0 width="166" height="162" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <B>American Kestrel, </B><I>Falco sparverius</I></div> <div> Camp Rio Vista, 29 September 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Osprey, </B><I>Pandion haliaeetus</I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><IMG SRC="68e4cf90.jpg" border=0 width="332" height="249" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <B>Osprey, </B><I>Pandion haliaeetus</I></div> <div> At roost, below dam at Ingram Dam Lake, 1 October 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="b8126dd0.jpg" border=0 width="294" height="221" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Osprey, </B><I>Pandion haliaeetus</I></div> <div> With fish, below dam at Ingram Dam Lake, 6 October 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="ff602240.jpg" border=0 width="258" height="292" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Osprey, </B><I>Pandion haliaeetus</I></div> <div> Below dam at Ingram Dam Lake, 23 October 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="ffdc5ec0.jpg" border=0 width="197" height="236" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">  <IMG SRC="ffc00ec0.jpg" border=0 width="256" height="236" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Osprey, </B><I>Pandion haliaeetus</I></div> <div> Below dam at Ingram Dam Lake, 25 October 2002</div> <div> <I><B>photos </B></I><B>©</B> <I><B>by tony gallucci</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>