This forwarded from Dick Logan of Olympia, who's not on tweeters. A
robin seems at the large end of prey for a Sharp-shinned Hawk, so I
suspect it was a female sharpie.

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> From: Dbirdy61 at comcast.net
> Date: November 18, 2006 9:24:14 PM PST
> To: dennispaulson at comcast.net (Dennis Paulson)
> Cc: Mark_logan_seattle at yahoo.com (Mark Logan)
>
> Hi Dennis
>
> We had an interesting incident this afternoon I thought you might
> be interested in. We were raking leaves in the back about three
> when a robin started singing in the Doug fir about 15 feet away
> between us and the house. Suddenly there was an explosion of
> feathers and a Sharp-shinned Hawk fell out of the tree on top of
> the robin. It stood on the body looking at us for a minute or so
> and then began to fly away from us and toward the house. The robin
> was so heavy that the poor hawk could neither gain enough elevation
> to get over the house or turn sharply to the left and consequently
> ran into the house. The hawk and robin once again fell to the
> ground. Then the hawk jumped up and flew off. I went over to see
> how the robin was doing but alas it was dead. Left the robin there
> and went into house but the sharpie never came back. So much for
> that lunch idea.
>
> Cheers
>
> Dick
>
> Dick Logan

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Dennis Paulson
1724 NE 98 St.
Seattle, WA 98115
206-528-1382
dennispaulson at comcast.net

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