Subject: Cooper's Hawk attack
Date: Jul 29 10:14:48 2002
From: Mike Waller - mwaller at wolfenet.com


Ian,

Last April, when I began monitoring the Cooper's nest in the Des Moines
Creek Park just S. of SeaTac Airport, the female flew at me a couple of
times but never got within 10 feet( she was still in focus with my binos).
She usually flew to a branch about 20 feet above me and continued a
"cakking" alarm vocalization. BTW the young have fledged though they are
still being fed by the adults. It is quite exciting to watch four or five
birds of that size maneuvering through the relatively dense woods at the
same time.

Mike Waller
Woodland Park Zoo
206.684.4057
Mike.Waller at zoo.org



-----Original Message-----
From: ian paulsen [mailto:ipaulsen at krl.org]
Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 2:09 PM
To: BIRDCHAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
Cc: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: Cooper's Hawk attack

HI:
It appears now that the attacker in question reported earlier this week
on Bainbridge Island, WA was a Cooper's Hawk NOT an Osprey. Has anyone
heard of Cooper's Hawks attacking people??

Ian Paulsen
Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
ipaulsen at krl.org
A.K.A.: "Birdbooker"
"Rallidae all the way"