In order for the Coopers to get the doves they will need to spend time in the same habitat. In our former house there were enough trees around that both species shared and piles of feathers suggested that the hawk will eat dove.



Hal Michael
Science Outreach Director, Sustainable Fisheries Foundation
Olympia WA
360-459-4005
360-791-7702 (C)
ucd880 at comcast.net

----- Original Message -----

Give them time. After all, Bald Eagles and other raptors are now eating European Starlings, and that took years....


Christine Southwick
N Seattle/Shoreline
clsouthwick at q.com

On Wed, 16 Dec 2015, dlmoor2 at coastaccess.com wrote:

> Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 08:42:10 -0800
> From: dlmoor2 at coastaccess.com
> To: Bill Anderson <billandersonbic at yahoo.com>
> Cc: tweeters at uw.edu
> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Coopers takes a Pileated
>
>
> Sure wish we could convince them to take Eurasian Collared Doves instead of a bird like a Pileated!
>
>
>
> Dianna Moore
>
> Ocean Shores
>
>
>
>
>
> On 2015-12-16 02:44, Bill Anderson wrote:
>
> The Cooper's must have taken the pileated by surprise, as the woodpecker is large enough to put up a good fight against the hawk.
>
>
> Bill Anderson; Edmonds, WA. USA
>
> ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
> From: Rob Sandelin <robsan668 at gmail.com>
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 2:30 AM
> Subject: [Tweeters] Coopers takes a Pileated
>
> Spooked a Coopers hawk off the ground along the road of my walk this morning. As I approached the site, the dark lump of prey turned out to be Pileated woodpecker. I walked on and on my return I
> spooked the hawk off its breakfast a second time.
> Late in the afternoon I decided to walk back and pick up some feathers only to find the carcass gone and only a few feathers scattered here and there.
>
> Rob Sandelin
> Naturalist, Writer, retired teacher
> Snohomish County
>
> _______________________________________________
> Tweeters mailing list
> Tweeters at u.washington.edu
> http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Tweeters mailing list
> Tweeters at u.washington.edu
> http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters
>
>
>

Christine Southwick
Pharmacy Administration
University of Washington Medical Center
Box 356015
1959 NE Pacific Street
Seattle, WA 98195-6015
phone: 206-598-7398; fax 206-598-6075



This electronic message transmission contains information which may be
confidential or privileged. The information is intended to be for the
use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended
recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of
the contents of this information is prohibited. If you have received this
electronic transmission in error, please delete this message. Thank you.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

_______________________________________________
Tweeters mailing list
Tweeters at u.washington.edu
http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters

_______________________________________________
Tweeters mailing list
Tweeters at u.washington.edu
http://mailman1.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/tweeters