Tweeters,

I think I saw an immature Cooper's Hawk this morning in an apple
tree right outside my living room window. This tree is in the park that we
live beside. The park is quite open with garry oaks and firs on the other
side. It was in the tree for about 5 minutes. Long enough for me to get my
binocs, but I'm not up on my raptors so I would like to know if this is a
true possibility. It was the only bird in my book that resembled it. It had
a white breast with heavy brown streaking, a brown back and a finer brown
streaking on its head. I didn't get a good look at the beak because he(she)
was looking the other way most of the time. It flew away into a high (10
ft) hedge and then out of there through the open part of the park and
disappeared into the trees on the other side.

Please let me know if it could be this bird.

Catherine

Catherine Fryer
Victoria, BC
cfryer at pacificcoast.net