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Raptor rap: A place for the flock to talk, squawk, and speculate about Raptors and related subjects
Last post 10 hours, 43 minutes ago by Bville. 1743 replies.
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Re: Raptor rap: A place for the flock to talk, squawk, and speculate about Raptors and related subjects
Great information Bville, thank you! Christina did some fantastic videos of Buddy and a Red Tail Hawk...well worth the time to watch them! Speaking of Eagles, this popped up in my email this morning...a s'cap of Fred and Ethel at Sooner Lake taken yesterday morning around 8:30.  And this was taken a few weeks ago when I spotted both adults in the Family Tree (circled since you can't really see both as one is on that branch that sits lower and is behind the front branch). 
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| 09-26-2009, 22:36 |
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Re: Raptor rap: A place for the flock to talk, squawk, and speculate about Raptors and related subjects
Just a quick note to add that I have not seen hawks lately until today, two different sightings. One was in the middle between the territory of the Ranch Acres and the Langenhiem pairs at 35th and Harvard. So close to both, I assume it was an adult of one or the other pairs. And then a new one for me at 15th and Florence, large hawk flew into a tree from the south. As I was driving I could not tell if it was red shoulder red tail or what, but it was for sure a hawk. That is my news for now. There has been so much rain lately, I have seen very little wild life of anykind.
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| 09-27-2009, 20:26 |
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Re: Raptor rap: A place for the flock to talk, squawk, and speculate about Raptors and related subjects
Great example on Lincoln's site today shot from underneath of how the raptors molt just a few feathers on the wings and tail symmetrically. And other nice pictures, too! http://palemale.com/
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| 09-28-2009, 14:45 |
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Re: Raptor rap: A place for the flock to talk, squawk, and speculate about Raptors and related subjects
 Workaholic:Just a quick note to add that I have not seen hawks lately until today, two different sightings....rc
Thanks, Workaholic, for the information. I've put these hawks on the Map, the one being a "possible redtail."
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| 09-28-2009, 15:38 |
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Re: Raptor rap: A place for the flock to talk, squawk, and speculate about Raptors and related subjects
Kingbird takes on a Colorado Redtail:
"This is the moment a tiny kingbird decided it was time to see off a potential predator circling his home.... The feisty kingbird attacked the
hawk as it ventured too near its nest, dive-bombing it relentlessly,
before jumping on for a piggyback, clinging to it as it soared through
the air...."
"A member of the flycatcher family,
the kingbird is known for defending its nest area very aggressively,
pluckily driving off unwanted intruders, including hawks. 'Interestingly, their genus name is Tyrannus, which also may refer to this type of behaviour.' said [the photographer]." 
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| 09-30-2009, 14:33 |
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Re: Raptor rap: A place for the flock to talk, squawk, and speculate about Raptors and related subjects
Interesting article about a potential connection between the death of a Tyrannasarus dubbed "Sue," and the demise of certain avian raptors today. This specimen shows evidence of scars on its jawbone, previously thought to have been bite marks. From the article (bolding is mine):
"Now researchers
suggest these scars did not result from a clash of titans, but rather
from a lowly parasite. The infection in Sue's throat and mouth may have
been so severe that the 42-foot-long, 7-ton dinosaur starved to death."
"The ailment the
scientists propose felled Sue and other T. rexes is trichomonosis, also
known as trichomoniasis. In birds, the disease is caused by Trichomonas
gallinae, a single-celled protozoan. Although some birds, such as
pigeons, commonly host the parasite but suffer few ill effects, in
birds of prey such as falcons and hawks, the germ causes a pattern of
serious lesions in the lower beak that closely matches the holes in the
jaws of Sue and occurs in the same anatomical location."
"It's ironic to
think that an animal as mighty as 'Sue' probably died as a result of a
parasitic infection. I'll never look at a feral pigeon the same way
again," said researcher Steven Salisbury at the University of
Queensland in Australia...."
Furthermore, "As the lesions grow, the animal has trouble swallowing food and may eventually starve to death,” Salisbury said. These findings
strengthen the many connections that research already suggests exist
between dinosaurs and birds, with birds inheriting a similar or even
the same parasite from their distant ancestors."
You may recall that this season we have noted the deaths from this infection of a redtail fledgling in Portland, OR, and a peregrine falcon baby at the Great River Energy Plant in MN. (There was also the loss of another eyass in Portland last season, perhaps of that infection, as well.)
Infected pigeons, deadly prey.
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Full article with photo at this link: http://news.aol.com/article/lowly-parasite-trichomonas-gallinae-may/692914
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| 09-30-2009, 20:41 |
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Re: Raptor rap: A place for the flock to talk, squawk, and speculate about Raptors and related subjects
Trich has killed some of the NYC hawks too, I think 3 died or were euthanized last year.
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| 10-01-2009, 18:44 |
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Re: Raptor rap: A place for the flock to talk, squawk, and speculate about Raptors and related subjects
Apparently the KJRH home page no longer has the hawks nest link on it so if anyone wants to get to that page here is the link:
http://www.kjrh.com/content/news/hawks/default.aspx
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| 10-09-2009, 16:08 |
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| 10-11-2009, 11:46 |
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Re: Raptor rap: A place for the flock to talk, squawk, and speculate about Raptors and related subjects
Thanks for all the information and links. I just love those photos of the kingbirds - and the one riding the hawk's back. Around here its the mockingbirds (and bluejays before west nile wiped them out pretty heavily) that go after the redtails - never spotted one riding on one, close but.... but they do harass the redtails pretty fiercely. Here is one of the ranch acres juvies back in August while it was trying to eat its dinner (rabbit I think) ... 
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| 10-11-2009, 19:18 |
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Re: Raptor rap: A place for the flock to talk, squawk, and speculate about Raptors and related subjects
Talk about being in the right place at the right time! Wow, Catgirl, these photos are immediately reminiscent of the redtails at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in NYC. The Big Apple's got nothin' on us, huh? Tulsa's Art Deco Redtail! After I read this post, I peeked at the Boston Avenue website-- http://www.bostonavenue.org/tour.html Lots of info on the building and its history. The statue upon which this redtail is perched is that of one of the early Methodist Circuit Riders. Beautiful building, beautiful bird. (I'll be putting this on the Google Map, Catgirl, along with one of your great photos. Thanks.)
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| 10-12-2009, 10:15 |
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Re: Raptor rap: A place for the flock to talk, squawk, and speculate about Raptors and related subjects
Catgirl, thank you for the magnificent photos of the Red Tail on Boston Avenue! Incredible! What a great eye you have for these raptors!
B'ville, thank you for looking into the history of the building. It is truly one of Tulsa's finest examples of Art Deco (IMHO)!
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| 10-13-2009, 20:28 |
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Re: Raptor rap: A place for the flock to talk, squawk, and speculate about Raptors and related subjects
Wow CAT! Gorgeous shots, gorgeous building, gorgeous hawk!!! Wonderful! I assume this is a new territory for the Tulsa RT's? Or at least new to us-
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| 10-13-2009, 22:14 |
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Re: Raptor rap: A place for the flock to talk, squawk, and speculate about Raptors and related subjects
sallyls: I assume this is a new territory for the Tulsa RT's? Or at least new to us-
Here's a Google Map plot of this new sighting:
Red arrow to Green marker: Boston Ave UMC sighting in downtown Tulsa Green markers: other Unassociated Hawks sightings (not as yet identified with a particular "family group") Red markers: KJRH family Purple markers: Langenheim family Other colors: other family groups  See Tulsa's Redtailed Hawks Google Map for more details: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=109172823967340280330.00045252b55f5647a15e7&z=9
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