hello tweets,

well, my report is short and sweet, and not nearly as much fun as
the visual image i have when reading about 14 winter wrens nestled
into a small nestbox for the night!

this morning as i approached kincaid hall, my "home away from home,"
i saw a huge flurry of wings -- pigeons, crows and gulls -- explode
from the roof of the building. i stood, stupidly, in the crosswalk,
looking skyward. just as i was about to get out of the street, i saw
a large female cooper's hawk soar across the sky like an arrow and
land atop the building. she ruffled her feathers and looked quite
unconcerned about the commotion that surrounded her.

i was disappointed that she didn't nab one of those fat, juicy
and stupid pigeons. at that thought, i decided that i should get
out of the street before this stupid gawking pedestrian was
magically converted into a human pancake by an impatient motorist!

regards,

Deborah Wisti-Peterson, PhD Candidate nyneve at u.washington.edu
Department of Zoology, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash, USA
Visit me on the web: http://students.washington.edu/~nyneve/
Life is better when you are reading a good book -- Author Tim Green