From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Thu Dec 9 20:33:10 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id iBA4UGl9014955 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 9 Dec 2004 20:30:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtpauth06.mail.atl.earthlink.net (smtpauth06.mail.atl.earthlink.net [209.86.89.66]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id iBA4SxYK014911 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 9 Dec 2004 20:28:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from [209.86.252.106] (helo=richardciminonb) by smtpauth06.mail.atl.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1CccOo-000275-3W for [[email protected]]; Thu, 09 Dec 2004 23:28:58 -0500 From: "Richard Cimino" <[[email protected]]> To: "'South-Bay-Birds'" <[[email protected]]> Subject: RE: [SBB] Amazing Cooper's Hawk Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 20:28:55 -0800 Message-ID: <000501c4de70$c4043510$6afc56d1@richardciminonb> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2627 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <[[email protected]]> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 X-ELNK-Trace: 7e75e61601c1a8af1aa676d7e74259b7b3291a7d08dfec79454c16a968e2bf6e469f617752f9d360350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 209.86.252.106 X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5b1 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]] Yes they are very strong flyers, their broad wings can sweep a lot of air to lift the bird off the ground with a limp weight prey. In my back yard I seen Coopers take Doves and Mocking Birds and California Towhees. While these birds are smaller than a Rock Pigeon, at close range I saw the strength of the lift, the wings gathering air under the shoulders and with some forward movement and their up and gone with the prey. Rich Cimino Pleasanton -----Original Message----- From: south-bay-birds-bounces+rscimino=[[email protected]] [mailto:south-bay-birds-bounces+rscimino=[[email protected]]] On Behalf Of [[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 8:47 AM To: South-Bay-Birds Subject: [SBB] Amazing Cooper's Hawk Hi All, I was just having my morning coffee, checking email and watching the birds at the backyard feeders, when a Cooper's Hawk came swooping into the yard and attacked a Rock Pigeon. It proceeded to pluck most of the breast and belly feathers right there on the ground. Then, to my continued amazement, flew off with its prey in it's talons. It seems hard to believe that it could lift a bird of that size, relative to it's own size. Since we live so close to Ed Levin CP, I wonder if this may be the same Cooper's Hawk that Janet and I saw yesterday? Does anyone have an idea of the population density, say per square mile or the typical range size of Cooper's Hawk for our area at this time of year? Just curious! Looks like I have some work to do cleaning up the backyard. -- Randy & Janet Little Milpitas, CA "If your parents never had children, chances are you won't, either." - Dick Cavett _______________________________________________ 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/rscimino%40ear thlink.net This email sent to [[email protected]] _______________________________________________ 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]]