Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!ucdavis!csusac!unify!grp From: grp@unify.uucp (Greg Pasquariello) Newsgroups: rec.birds Subject: Re: Chicken Hawks Message-ID: Date: 5 Dec 89 17:05:28 GMT References: <17670@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> Reply-To: grp@unify.UUCP (Greg Pasquariello) Organization: Unify Corporation, Sacramento, CA, USA Lines: 27 In article <17670@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> dragon@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Sam Conway) writes: >While it is true that the Cooper's hawk is the one that is most >commonly referred to as "chicken hawk", the term has a tendency >to be applied to any raptor seen within 100 feet of a chicken >coop. Those that eat birds, of course, are most often seen there, >but I've had reports of redtail "chickenhawks", kestrel "chicken- >hawks" and even once a grouse "chickenhawk". Gotta watch those >carnivorous grouse! > >Sam Conway Speaking of chicken hawks... This rminded me of a story a friend told me. She is a locally well known birder, and as such, receives a lot of phone calls and other correspondence asking her to identify things. One day, she got a call from a woman who said she had an eagle in her yard. Judy (my friend) asked the woman to describe the bird. The woman gave the description, and had Judy completely stumped. Finally, in exasperation, Judy decided to drive the 5 miles or so to the woman's house to see the alleged eagle. The bird turned out to be a chicken! (True story, I swear!) -Greg -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Greg Pasquariello (916) 920-9092 grp@unify.UUCP Unify Corporation ...!{csusac, pyramid}!unify!grp