Pale Male on occasion will stretch his foot out, turn his talons in, ting, ting, ting, tingggg, and just sit there. It does give a lovely view of his well turned tarsus but still, it can look, well lets face it-- odd. Particularly when compared with the startlingly taloned view of the other foot.
Red-tails have special rules for behavior while on the nest, and I've seen them walk gingerly by the eyasses with their talons all turned under making them rather look like they've lost their toes somewhere. But no, I'm assuming that they're curled under to avoid any unsightly mishaps with sharp objects and the babies.
And now for something completely different, a pair of demonstrative pigeons snuggle on the edge of the Model Boat Pond. Or the Conservatory Waters if you happen to be looking at your Central Park Map. It's just that they never got around to building the Conservatory and they did get around to sailing model boats there.
Some complete with their own grog barrels.
Remember when poor Charlotte double clutched and then spent the hottest part of the summer roasting on the corbel of the Trump Parc with her young? Well, Brett Odom, the man with the view of the 888 7th Avenue nest site, reports that Charlotte was standing, wings spread, breezin' her body, right in front of the air vents enjoying the air conditioning from the room within. No dumb hawk she.
Photograph by Amadeusmax
For awhile this was the mystery eyass in Tulsa. Who was she? Where did she come from? Eventually when things were sorted she turned out to be one of the Langenheim Twins. Whose photos I was going to put up for comparison but the computer seems to have momentarily eaten them. Tomorrow is another day.
THE TULSA HAWKS--How many are there?
The local folks first brought together by watching the KJRH nest atop the TV tower on a CAM have now taken to the field as bona fide Hawkwatchers in the flesh. And they are going to town!
Rose Culbreth, discoverer of the Langenhiem Twins, reports hawk watchers popping out of the woodwork in droves along with experienced and budding wildlife photographers.
Jackie Dover has developed into the Map Mavin, and her maps are extremely helpful with new hawks popping out at nearly the rate of the hawkwatchers. Check them out, they're downright nifty.
Hi, Donna:
We had a busy weekend, as you probably know by now. Here is the latest map update on what we're now calling the South Tulsa Map, with two sightings added (Remington Tower--just off the map a tad; and Manion Park).
We have also added two other sightings in North Tulsa, in the general area of the Tulsa Int'l Airport and Mohawk Park. I'm enclosing a new map of this latter area, as it is not included on the original map (now called South Tulsa).
We have also added two other sightings in North Tulsa, in the general area of the Tulsa Int'l Airport and Mohawk Park. I'm enclosing a new map of this latter area, as it is not included on the original map (now called South Tulsa). And I'm sending another new map, of all the sightings in the entire Greater Tulsa area. One new sighting is noted on this map--near the Tulsa Fairgrounds. At this time, neither of the other two maps --North Tulsa nor South Tulsa--happens to display that particular area. The Greater map will help you out with that one.
Jackie Dover (Bville)
Jackie Dover (Bville)
Tulsa Hawk Forum
And Tulsa Irregular Sally of Ky posted this marvelous link on the Tulsa Hawk Forum from youtube of a Red-tail nabbing a Rattle Snake. It's rather a stunner. The topic came up because one of the Tulsa watchers reported that snake was served up to the eyasses from one of the nests. (I wonder if they thought "it tasted just like chicken" too?)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=CeskXKz765g
Donegal Browne
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