As noted in my earlier post today, I had a 6:15 tee time. Today I scored 83; a milestone on the roadmap to my stated goal of breaking 80. There are a number of encouraging elements embedded in this score:
- 10 of 14 fairways hit (71.4%)
- 5 of 18 Greens in Regulation (27.7%)
- 32 putts (1.7/hole)
- 1 penalty
But the point that holds the most promise is that I was 8 over on the first 9, and only 3 over on the back. This is important because with such an early tee time I was not able to warm up; my warm up was on the first few holes which is where I got a couple of double bogies.
My guess that the bird was a Red-shouldered Hawk is by best match (the colouring, size and location are correct) and then by a process of elimination of the feasible alternatives:
- Northern Harrier: possible but missing markings over eye
- Rough-legged Hawk: wrong area (ranges is arctic)
- Broad-winged hawk: This bird is smaller than the one I saw
- Swainson’s hawk: wrong area (range is mid-west)
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