On Thu, 27 Feb 1997, John Shelton - ext. 4051 wrote:

> I do regularly see both Sharp Shinned and Cooper hawks in my neighborhood.
> My incorrect conclusion that a migration was underway was triggered by
> seeing three different birds in my front yard in two days.
>
> So here's a question: Are hawks generally territorial? If you see a Sharp
> Shinned hawk hunting near your bird feeder on a weekly basis what are the
> chances it's the same hawk?

Bud Anderson (Falcon Research Group) tells an interesting story about
trapping, banding, and releasing sharpies from one particular
lady's back yard, apparently she was distressed by the dwindling
songbird population. Over the course of (I believe) several weeks,
he snagged at least 20 or 30 different sharpies. I'd guess every
sharp-shinned hawk in town knows about (and frequents) the really
good fast food fly-in's.....

Don