Subject: [Tweeters] Lincoln Park Cooper's Hawk Family
Date: Jul 30 13:54:33 2006
From: Janeanne Houston - janeannesoprano at comcast.net


Today in Lincoln Park, we again saw a Cooper's Hawk hunting where we've seen
it for several days. This time we first spotted it on the ground stalking a
squirrel. It gave up, ending its chase in a tree with the squirrel, where
the squirrel remained frozen in its tracks for some time. When we came back
later, we heard multiple Cooper's Hawks calling in a nearby grove of trees,
and found the elder one dining on a freshly caught juvenile Towhee. Nearby
were two fledged Cooper youngsters, keering away. (I think it is a first
year parent, as the breast markings on the presumed adult bird don't seem to
be fully developed...but I am no expert on this. It is a large bird, and the
long tail has a broad band at the tip.)
If you interested in seeing them, their area seems to be reliably in the
Southeast portion of the woods in the park. If you park in the North
parking lot (off Fauntleroy), take the southernmost trail, which is the one
with the sign. Walk west into the woods, and quite often the bird is
hunting near the compost and rock pile to the right, or on the north side of
the trail. The birds were spotted as a group in woods just north of the
compost heap. This is a brushy area, with a canopy of tall deciduous trees.


Janeanne Houston
West Seattle
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