From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Thu Dec 9 08:51:25 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id iB9GmAl9003985 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 9 Dec 2004 08:48:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from rwcrmhc11.comcast.net (rwcrmhc11.comcast.net [204.127.198.35]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id iB9GlEYK003944 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 9 Dec 2004 08:47:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from 204.127.197.111 (unknown[204.127.197.130](misconfigured sender)) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc11) with SMTP id <20041209164713013008s1o8e>; Thu, 9 Dec 2004 16:47:13 +0000 Received: from [24.6.101.247] by 204.127.197.111; Thu, 09 Dec 2004 16:47:12 +0000 From: [[email protected]] To: [[email protected]] (South-Bay-Birds) Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 16:47:12 +0000 Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (Nov 22 2004) X-Authenticated-Sender: anJsaXR0bGU2QGNvbWNhc3QubmV0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5b1 Subject: [SBB] Amazing Cooper's Hawk 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]] 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/south-bay-birds-archive%40plaidworks.com This email sent to [[email protected]]