Tweets.

Speaking of raptor collisions, I have to recount a story of about 15 years
ago. A co-worker who lived in Port Orchard was sitting in his recliner,
reading the Sunday paper. The sliding glass door was open and he was
shocked when a sparrow (he assumed) flew into the house, pooping its way in
fear across the living room. It made a quick turnaround and flew back out.
The raptor chasing it was not so lucky, though--it flew into the wall and
fell dead into my friend's lap and the newspaper! He was on a 4-10
schedule, so the next day he was able to take the bird into "a university"
(the Slater Museum, I imagine) where it was i.d.'d as a peregrine. He was
stunned, but could hardly wait to report to work on Tue to tell his story to
me, the unit bird nut!

Penny Koyama, Bothell
plkoyama at comcast.net

----- Original Message -----
From: <rutht at seanet.com>
To: "Michele Leslie Potter" <michele.leslie at gmail.com>
Cc: <tweeters at U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 3:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Cooper's or Sharp-Shinned?


>
>
> 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?
>>
>
>> --
>> - "No one can steal our peace. We can only
> give it away."
>> ~ Kristin Armstrong
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