As a long-time peregrine observer who also works downtown, I have picked
up dead birds of both accipiter species off the street /sidewalk after
collisions with windows, etc. Only once have I known what caused the
collision: the crows mobbed a Sharpie and caused it to collide with a
glass pane in a door, according to several observers inside the
door.?
Usually folks think the dead birds are peregrines, which
is how I end up investigating.?
I also used to see both Coops
and Sharpies in Freeway Park in the winter, but have not since the parks
department took out a lot of the trees and bushes about a year ago.
There are lots of pigeons and starlings downtown, as well as other
birds, plus some of the people living in condos and apartments have
feeders on their balconies.?

Ruth Taylor
rutht at seanet.com


>
I couldn't get a proper ID on an accipiter I saw perched on a Western Ave

> balcony in downtown Seattle today. Would Cooper's come into the
urban area
> or is this most likely a Sharp-shinned?
>

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