Hi Tweets,

I took a brief walk at Shoreview park today after my class at Shoreline
Community College. Anyway, I was conversing with a Pacific-slope
Flycatcher and I had an experience I won't forget soon. While I was
whisteling my rather feeble imitations of the song to get a response and
perhaps some movement and a better view, a male Sharpie landed in the
tree about 15 feet to my left. I looked over when I heard the sound from
his landing, and he just looked back at me. He flew off after about 30
seconds. An immature sharpie showed up about a minute later and landed
in the tree right in front of me, again it dissapeared after a brief
appearence. A Cooper's hawk came not to long following that, amd when I
left the woods and stepped into the clearing, an immature Cooper's hawk
was circling about 20 feet above the trees which I had been standing
under not less than 10 seconds before.

I have seen an accipiter that close only a few times before in my life,
and never that many in a less than five minute period. I am wondering if
they came in response to my poorly whistled flycatcher imitations.
Perhaps they thought I was a vulnerable fledgling passerine of some sort
and were looking for an easy meal. Would any one like to comment on
this?


Michael Dossett
Shoreline, Washington
mpdossett at juno.com

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