I went out for a little walk this afternoon at the Black River
Riperian Trail in Renton (47.475077 -122.240861)
Not to many birds to see, but the sunshine made for a nice walk. ?I
did come across a Coopers Hawk eating a duckling. ?The hawk was banded
and looking at the pictures it is posible to make out some of the
information:
Left leg - Blue metal ring with the letters H N
Right leg - Standard metal ring with numbers ending in ...07

If anyone know anything about this bird great. If you know someone who
works with these kind of birds can you please forward this message?

I have a couple of pictures of the hawk posted at my flickr website.
(link below)

Todays pathetic list:
? ? ? ?Gadwall (Anas strepera strepera) ? ? ? ?4
? ? ? ?Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos) ? ? ?6
? ? ? ?Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps podiceps) ? ? ? ?1
? ? ? ?Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias fannini) ? ? ? Common
? ? ? ?Northern Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis) 2
? ? ? ?Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) ? ? ?1
? ? ? ?Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens) ? ? ? ?2
? ? ? ?Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) ? ? ? 1
? ? ? ?American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos hesperis) ?8
? ? ? ?Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) ? ? ?6
? ? ? ?Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina thalassina) ? ? ? ?4
? ? ? ?American Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica erythrogaster) ? 4
? ? ? ?Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus occidentalis) ? ? ?2
? ? ? ?Bushtit [sp] (Psaltriparus minimus) ? ? 2
? ? ? ?American Robin [sp] (Turdus migratorius) ? ? ? ?10
? ? ? ?European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris vulgaris) ? 4
? ? ? ?Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus oregonus) ? ? ?4
? ? ? ?Song Sparrow [sp] (Melospiza melodia) ? 10
? ? ? ?White-crowned Sparrow [sp] (Zonotrichia leucophrys) ? ? 1
? ? ? ?Red-winged Blackbird [sp] (Agelaius phoeniceus) 5
? ? ? ?Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater artemisiae) ? ? ? ?1
? ? ? ?House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus frontalis) ? ?2
? ? ? ?American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis jewetti) ?4



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Knut Hansen
knut-hansen at comcast.net
Bird Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/22333182 at N04/