> Date sent: Thu, 28 Sep 95 20:39:20 PDT
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> From: dcecile at cln.etc.bc.ca. (Don Cecile)
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: Re: Ringed-turtle Dove

> It is never possible to predict whether or not an individual will
> over-winter even if it is a native and naturally occurring species.
......... Then there is a local increase in > Sharp-shinned Hawks in
the late fall and winter...... >
> Cheers,
>
> Don Cecile
> Port Alberni, B.C. Canada
> dcecile at cln.etc.bc.ca.
> Don,
Thanks for the input! My Ballard friends actively seek to attract
many species of small birds (chickadees, house finches, etc) and so
they have already had some hawk visitors, though briefly. RTD seems
to lay low. (It would probably come in the kitchen if invited)!
Roberta>