Doris, i0e seen quail IN N.J. AND SOUTH CAROLINA. NEATTO SEEMOM AND KIDS RUNNING BEIND HER.THOSE HAD THE QUESTION MARK FEATHER.I'M LEARNING ALOT OBOUT MOTHER NATURE. DOT, YOU ARE RIGT ABOUT HOW THE RAPTORS ( HAWKS AND FALCONS ) GO AFTER THEIR PREY, YES, THE FALCONS CAN DIVE 200 MPH AND CAN SEE A LITTLE MOUSE RUNING AROUND IN A FEILD VERY HGH UP. THE KEYS HAS 5 PAIRS OF NESTING BALD EAGLES. JUST THINK BEN FRANKLIN WANTED A TURKEYAS OURNATIONAL BIRD. THE EAGLEIS CERTANLY MORE MAJESTIC LOOKING THAN " TOM TURKEY " THEY SAY THAT OUR VEIWING AREA IS THE BEST LACE IN THE WORLD TO SEE THE RAPTORS. THIS MIGRATION WILL BE GOING ON TILL NOV.15TH. I WILL MISS ALL THE PEOPLE I'VE MET AND BECOME FRIENDS WITH. JAN FROM WASH. STATE GERRARD FROM NEW YORK STATE KAREN FROM PA. ( HAWK MT. ) CASEY, OUR PH.D ORNITHOOLOGIST JULIE FROM FLA. THEY HAVE OPENED UP A WHOLE NEW WORLD FOR ME. SOON I'LL KNOW HW TO SPOT AN AMERICAN KESTRAL( FACON ) A BROAD TAILED HAWK, A RED TAILED HAWK..THEY DO IT MOSTLY BY THE HAPEOF THE BIRD, THE SIZE AND LENGHTOF THE TAIL ECT. SOME DAYS THESEBIRDS ARE FLYING VERY HIGH UP, RIDING THE THERMALS AS THEY MIGRATE DOWN OUR COASTLINE. VERY AWESOME. SORRY IF I RAMBLE ON ABOUT THIS...IT,S JUST SO NEAT. LEE-IN-THE-KEYS ------------------------------ Sent from my PocketMail Handheld http://www.pocketmail.com