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To: Flycatcher
I got 'em out here in the desert too. They love quail.

Yep, in this area they are also known as "Quail Hawks", but I always call them coopers hawks. I think they are neat with their long tail and how graceful they are.

36 posted on 01/14/2012 10:35:56 AM PST by calex59
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To: calex59
Yep. Amazing predators.

That long tail (rudder) in combination with their short but very broad wings gives them a lot of maneuverability, which they need, of course, to catch their main prey: other birds.

It's a quail's worst nightmare. :^o

37 posted on 01/14/2012 10:51:25 AM PST by Flycatcher (God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
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