a real hot-spot

9 March 2006 10:15 am. RVP
1 mature NG; swooped low over my moving truck. Location: as I was leaving the RV Park, at the guard shack.

Also 9 March 11 am. University of Arizona Campus. This was my first visit to the campus. My initial impression was - it is a haven for birds and accipiters. Within 2 minutes, I found, high overhead, a perched NG. The bird happened to be mature, and was short-tailed. I will not speculate on the sex. The bird was quite bulky, and was in a big, snaggy area, about 100 feet up. This area in on James Rogers Way. Photos were taken - and when I returned 30 minutes later - the bird was yet perched. More photos were taken. The bird's tree was a big Eucalyptus.
Also, 1 male NG; 3 pm. and 3:30 pm. RVP
The bird was flapping and gliding.

12 March 2006 1:10 pm. RVP
1 male NG; the bird came through at about 150 feet elevation; F and G. The bird was heading for the prisons (on Wilmont Rd.); bright sun and cool. OT= 1 minute or less.

14 March 2006 10:22 am. University of Arizona Campus. I immediately saw the bulky NG; mature. The under tail showed zig-zag, dark bands. The tail was also broad - and tapered toward the tip. The tip was also tapered. The chest was pearly grey, with darker grey vermiculation, or smudgy spots. I observed for about 55 minutes; 15 minutes with 8x42 power binos. The bird never left its perch. In the same tall tree was a grey Cooper's Hawk. This mature bird had a grey head, chest and belly - the chest and belly had a buffyness. The dorsal area was light grey. Twice - this Cooper's left the area. At another time it snapped off a twig, and carried it off to the other large Eucalyptus tree. This area is James Rogers Way.

17 March 2006 11 am. RVP
DOUBLES! 2 female NG; rising from about 100 feet elevation. The birds were soaring, flapping, and climbing. OT= about 7 minutes. The birds were coming from Wilmont Road, and heading toward Rita Road. 3 photos were taken - 1 of one bird and 2 of the other bird. The winds were 2 mph. It was overcast; sun peeking through.

25 March 2006 3:15 pm. RVP
1 Peregrine Falcon; high overhead; then the bird made a stoop toward the Rt. 10 area.

26 March 2006 7:30 am. RVP
1 probable Ferruginous Hawk; low, over the prison on Wilmont; and dropping to the desert. At 5 pm., low, over the RV Resort, and heading south; a possible Ferruginous Hawk.

27 March 11:30 2006 Prudence and Broadway
1 mature female NG; the bird came through slowly (pumping). The bird circled back toward me, 2-3 times. The bird was also gliding, and going southward.
EOB= 100- 150 feet; OT= about 3 minutes.
Also: 27 March 4:30 pm. RVP
1 male NG; the bird was certainly hunting - over the RV Resort. The bird was circling, flapping, and gliding. the bird then went slowly toward the north. OT= about 4 minutes.