How many sittings are there of this Hawk in Ohio? Thanks On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 10:12 PM, Jay Lehman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I arrived between 5:00 &5:30 pm and the immature dark phase Swainson's Hawk > spent the time until just at or after sunset in the cut alfalfa field north > of Hiland Wood Working and behind the shoe store (south of SR39 in the > south west corner of the intersection with TR401) chasing after and > catching insects apparently grasshoppers. It was an excellent show. It is > unusual for us eastern birders to see a hawk running on the ground through > the short grass but this is reported to be a common behavior for Swainson's > Hawks in their western US and Canada territory. The SWHA flew north of > SR39 at or after sunset and then swung east toward some trees or woods as > it disappeared from view. Several of us had followed the lead of a local > grandfather and two grandsons who walked along the western edge of the > field to get a better look at the hawk. The backlighting from the setting > sun provided better photo ops than from right behind the shoe store looking > toward the wood working factory. Great bird for Ohio! A new one for Ohio > for me! Thanks for all the prior reports and alerts. > Jay > > Jay G Lehman Cincinnati, OH > Sent from DROID RAZR HD > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Please consider joining our Society, at > www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > -- Ken Busch Photographer and Graphic Artist Ken Busch Photography KBPhotoshop.com ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]