From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Thu Jun 12 22:48:11 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h5D5kVa8026804 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 12 Jun 2003 22:46:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mclean.mail.mindspring.net (mclean.mail.mindspring.net [207.69.200.57]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h5D5j1fF026758 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 12 Jun 2003 22:45:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from user-2ivfn3m.dialup.mindspring.com ([165.247.220.118] helo=pavilion) by mclean.mail.mindspring.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 19QhMy-0008OS-00 for [[email protected]]; Fri, 13 Jun 2003 01:45:00 -0400 Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> X-Sender: [[email protected]] X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.58 Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 22:43:43 -0700 To: [[email protected]] From: amphibian <[[email protected]]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: [SBB] Cooper chick! X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2+ Precedence: list List-Id: South Bay Birding List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Errors-To: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] BIG joy today--one Cooper chick in the Los Altos nest. I don't really know enough to guess exactly how far along he/she is, but was sitting up at the edge of the nest, only small bits of down left, feathers mostly out but still a bit of the punk look going, and flight feathers not yet fully developed. I'm guessing maybe 2.5-3 weeks old, based on the last set of Coopers we watched develop, but I'd love more info from someone who knows more about Coopers. I feel sad that the first set of eggs clearly didn't make it through our wet spring, and that there won't be a big family flapping about in the trees (they are such klutzs when they're first fledged!) but very happy to see one chick and hoping all goes smoothly from here on out. On a funny note, at one point one of the adults (probably the male) was sitting on a branch about 20 feet over my head, and right next to it, *maybe* one foot away, a Lesser Goldfinch was chattering away, as if he wasn't sitting next to a killer. I guess he knows he's too small and nimble to be a snack, even for a Coopers (the goldfinch looked TINY next to the hawk!). I suppose he guessed right, since eventually the Coopers flew off in annoyance when my daughter insisted on being her noisy chatty self. (She's learning a lot about birds: at 16 months she does a decent Coopers imitation, a pretty good crow, and a FABULOUS Red-tail!) --Natasha _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. south-bay-birds mailing list ([[email protected]]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://www.plaidworks.com/mailman/options/south-bay-birds/south-bay-birds-archive%40plaidworks.com This email sent to [[email protected]]