>> Subject: Siskins and Cooper's Hawk
>>
>> I haven't been following Tweeters closely in recent weeks, so I don't
>> know how much "sick siskin" chat there has been.
>>
>> I have two friends in Olympia who have been reporting "carpets" of
>> siskins at their feeders. One (who never cleans his feeders) reports
>> no lethargy, sickness, or mortality, while the other (who cleans and
>> "sterilizes" his feeder regularly) is picking up several siskins
>> daily. And in a new and interesting twist, a Cooper's Hawk is
>> targeting the ailing siskins; it has taken three this morning. Is this
>> picture consistent in any way with the current experience of others in
>> our area?
>>
>> Steve Herman
>>