Subject: [Tweeters] Eurasian Collared Dove struck by Cooper's Hawk
Date: Nov 14 08:56:54 2010
From: Dennis Paulson - dennispaulson at comcast.net


HI, Kelly.

Pigeons and doves are well known for the looseness of attachment of their feathers, presumably an antipredator adaptation. So even a light strike could dislodge a lot of them.

In my mistnetting days we always hated to catch ground-doves, as just by gently taking them out of the net there would be feathers all over the place.

But I'll have to admit that bird lost a lot of feathers, looked like much of its tail.

Dennis


On Nov 13, 2010, at 12:03 PM, tweeters-request at mailman2.u.washington.edu wrote:

> Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 14:56:27 -0800
> From: "Kelly McAllister" <mcallisters4 at comcast.net>
> Subject: [Tweeters] Eurasian Collared Dove struck by Cooper's Hawk
> To: "'Tweeters'" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Message-ID: <D8E2015FA0D64D859305F965EB4C1447 at KellyPC>
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> I started feeding birdseed three days ago. As I walked past the feeders this
> morning, there were two Eurasian Collared Doves on the ground beneath the
> feeders. They flushed as I walked past. I went down to the lower pasture to
> work on a fence. I was kneeling when I heard a rush of wings. I turned and
> looked up, only to see feathers floating down about 30 feet away from me. A
> flock of crows came in and landed in the tops of nearby trees, apparently in
> mob mode. I walked around, peering into the trees and finally saw a Cooper's
> Hawk as it departed the large maple tree. It didn't have anything in its
> talons and only a minute or two had passed since seeing the feathers
> floating down.
>
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>
> I took pictures of the feathers that I picked up off the ground. If you want
> to have a look, go here:
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> http://www.flickr.com/photos/29002564 at N08/5169977505/
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> I'm pretty sure the Cooper's Hawk struck a Eurasian Collared Dove, pretty
> hard. Just minutes ago, I saw two of them fly by the window. I'm wondering
> how badly the bird was injured.
>
>
>
> Kelly McAllister
>
> north of Olympia, WA (off Hawk's Prairie Road)

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Dennis Paulson
1724 NE 98 St.
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206-528-1382
dennispaulson at comcast.net



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