Sunday, February 3, 2008

Hawk at exit 10

In the past few weeks, I've seen on several (8 or more) occasions this pretty big hawk between Jonesville and the Northway, along Carlton and Van Patten Road and the surrounding area. I got a closeup in the binoculars and it appears to be a red-tailed hawk. Though my hawk identification needs improvement, it seems to be a fairly large hawk, so my guess is that it's a female, or a really healthy male. (Female birds of prey are usually larger than males of the same species). I hadn't noticed it before I came home from school in January. Has anyone else seen it?