----- Original Message -----
From: "Ruth Sullivan" <godwit at worldnet.att.net>
To: <variedthrush at attbi.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 12:40 PM
Subject: Re: Sharpie


> Hello Patricia and tweeters,
> Years back as we was ready to going on a fieldtrip,we saw a Sharpie in
front
> of our house to take a big Band-tailed Pigeon.As we all watched this smal
> eccipiter take this large of a prey.When he carried the pigeon he could
> hardly carry it and was flying low on the ground,but he managed to carry
it
> in to onother yard.We have a lot of Band-taile Pigeon here in Fircrest,and
i
> be been finding feathers all over the yard from Band-tailed Pigeons.But at
> this one time we wittnessed this event,so there is no mystery who taken
the
> Pigeons.
>
>
> Ruth Sullivan.
> Tacoma
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <variedthrush at attbi.com>
> To: "TWEETERS" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 9:36 PM
> Subject: Sharpie
>
>
> > Tweeters,
> > Below is a recent description of a backyard scene. Could a Sharpie
really
> take a
> > Rock Dove?
> >
> > 3/6/03, Thursday
> > At 10:15 this morning I caught a little video of a Sharpie in our
backyard
> just
> > after it caught a House Sparrow in the camellia. I saw the bird streak
in
> from
> > the west and I think it tried for some birds on the new suet feeder,
then
> > succeeded in the camellia where they all dove, fleeing, and in hot
> pursuit. The
> > hawk wheeled out of the bush on those deep wings and settled in the
grass
> by the
> > squirrel box. The squirrel eating there raised up on its hind legs and
> froze
> > until the hawk left a couple minutes later. My initial tape didn't
take,
> but
> > after re-settling the camera on the tripod, I got some good footage that
> even
> > shows the last feeble struggles of the caught prey and the mesmerized
> squirrel.
> > Then.
> >
> > Subject: hawk
> > Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2003 12:52:37 -0800
> > From: pslott <pslott at attbi.com>
> > To: Alan Lincoln <alincoln at teltone.com>
> >
> > Wow! That Sharpie was sitting on the birdbath when I came back from
> > lunch. It watched a squirrel come in and get into the peanut box. Then
> > two unaware Chestnut-backed Chickies wandered into the camellia and the
> mock
> > orange above it. I stood up and moved fast to the window flailing my
arms
> to
> > alert the
> > little guys and they must've realized their danger because they
> immediately
> > disappeared. The squirrel ran back and forth under the tail of the
> > hawk to bury peanuts from the feeder, apparently still unaware. Each
> time, the
> > hawk rose up tall on its legs, looking very
> > annoyed, and I wondered if he would attack an animal so much larger and
> > heavier. While this was going on, a hapless Rock Dove was pecking
> > around under the Jay feeder. Sure enough, the agitated hawk rose up and
> > went after the dove toward the west. The last I saw them, the dove had
> > circled around and was running/flying on the ground eastward through the
> > yard with the hawk just a couple feet behind and above in pursuit!
> >
> > Whoa! Glad it didn't get the Cb's.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Patricia Lott
> > Seattle, WA
> > VariedThrush at attbi.com
> >
>