Glacier Wall Hawk

Shuttled over to the Village on an errand...Shuttled back to Lower Falls, hopped off, and walked the Outside Loop....near the Chapel, sighted Hawk soaring against Glacier Wall...can't tell from tiny pic which Hawk....but Hawk disappeared in an open area of Wall, and I'm thinking maybe landed thereabout...will go looksee tomorrow with scope!...sunny blueblue warm and breezy, and hazy clouds in the afternoon...at Lunch: perched awhile on Ozone Boulder...Merced a little bit lower....Sandpiper, Robin, Phoebe, Raven (way over by Sentinel), Blackbird, about....Doe by the Path on return in alert stance...curious Golden Retriever nearby....pic...

Oil Spill: a hindsight sorta thought popped into my thoughts--the Pelicans and their eggs should have been removed before the oil got to them...it needn't be a 'waiting game' trying to respond to Birds after they have been oiled...and another thought is to anticipate, and do something, about the Birds that make the Fall migrations....T Bone noted that fortunately most have passed through going North before the spill...well, a kind thought would be to do something before they come back, as no doubt the oil will still be about, and the spill incomprehensibly larger...just cover the spill with tarps held up on poles in the shallow marshes could be one thing to do....well, I did a search: 'relocate birds before oil' and it turns up the question being asked, and not being answered very well...here one example..see the comments...

http://magblog.audubon.org/oil-spill-answers-bird-conservation-expert-ground

and:

Preventing Exposure

Various techniques can be used to disperse uncontaminated animals from a problem area or to concentrate and hold them in clean areas. Efforts to discourage unoiled birds from contaminated areas must be done early in the spill; these can include scare devices such as propane exploders and cracker shells, hazing with motorized equipment, or relocation through baiting at an alternative feeding area. No attempt should be made to disperse oiled birds since this can lead to introduction of oiled animals into uncontaminated populations.

For priority species, unoiled animals can be relocated through capture in cannon nets, drop nets, rocket nets, and swim-in or walk-in traps, and rapidly transported to “safe” areas.

WATERFOWL MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK

http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/wdb/pub/wmh/13_2_8.pdf

unquote

that was published in 1991....hmmph...