RIP ID?

[JAMES SPEICHER]

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[JAMES SPEICHER]

Thanks to Jack Saba for pointing me to the FWS Feather Atlas [ https://www.fws.gov/lab/featheratlas/ ] and a suggestion of whip-poor-will.  I segued to Common Nighthawk, which was more likely and it seems a good match.  What happened?  We'll never know, but likely a successful Cooper's hawk attack if in twilight, or if after dark, a Great Horned owl would be implicated.  Only these and a few other scattered feathers remained.

Jim Speicher

Near Burkittsville

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From: JAMES SPEICHER <jugor...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Sep 16, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Subject: RIP ID?
To: mdbirding <mdbi...@googlegroups.com>

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