Subject: [Tweeters] Robin loses her second nest
Date: Aug 12 17:00:37 2009
From: Rob Sandelin - floriferous at msn.com


Yesterday morning I was awakened by a continuous Robin alarm call. Ok, Ok,
I'm getting up. After five non-stop minutes of alarms I became curious (in a
foggy, up at 6am with a hangover, sort of way) and gingerly made my way
outside. I wandered over to the sound, tripping over the %$#$^^! Box I left
by the backdoor and now limping made it to the edge of the woods. As I
arrived a large winged shape took off from the ground and startled me mostly
awake. It was a Coopers hawk. On the ground where the hawk rose up was a
broken nest, inside were two dead robinlets. The adult Robin had finally
shut up so I went back inside for coffee. A bit later the Robin started up
again, and I went out into the back porch where I could see the nest and
sure enough the Coop was in process of eating the remainders. I made the
mistake of having my bins and the rather gory scene up close made me lose my
appetite for breakfast.

Later in the afternoon (after a nap) I was talking with a neighbor when a
robin went zooming around us, followed in pursuit by a Coop. I guess Robins
were on the menu yesterday.

Rob Sandelin
Naturalist, Writer, Teacher
Glad mostly to be at the top of the food chain