Subject: coopers hawk
Date: Oct 30 10:04:43 1999
From: William Rietveld - w_rietveld at hotmail.com


Tweeters and Martin Muller
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We observed a similar situation a couple of mornings ago at our back yard
feeder. There was an immature cooper's hawk that had gone into a bush after
a house sparrow, when a couple of crows arrived and sat on a porch railing
near by. The coop came out of the bush and went up to the same railing.
They sat around eyeing each other for several minutes when finally the coop
took after one of the crows. during the entire encounter the crows were very
quiet?



Martin Muller wrote:
"Cooper's Hawk: this first-year female zipped in = low over the path near
the
Community Center at the very start of my count, = chasing a crow (she was
bigger, hence the determination of the hawks' sex). = The crow dodged around
the metal diving platform superstructure (for diving = boards in summer) and
the hawk landed out in the open on the metal = structure. Shortly thereafter
there were a dozen crows (quietly, if you can = believe it) sitting one
perch
higher, looking at her. She ignored them and started = preening.... One crow
flew off and she briefly chased it, then returned to = her perch and
preened,
then pulled one foot up, looking as if she planned = on staying for a while.
I
continued on my way."

bill and kate
lake sammamish
rietveld at televar.com



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