RE: [SBB] Duck-hunting COHA

["Bartens, Deborah" <[[email protected]]>]

We have been watching a Cooper's Hawk hunting around the duck pond and nature center in the last two weeks.  It has been sitting on the railing on the front porch of the nature center quite a bit.  I have been finding Coot heads and various Coot parts in the area lately. The Rock Pigeons have been scarce around the nature center as well.  I hope this hawk sticks around.

Deborah Bartens-Naturalist
City of Palo Alto
  

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Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 12:25 PM
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Subject: [SBB] Duck-hunting COHA


Yesterday afternoon I stopped at the Palo Alto Duck Pond to eat lunch. While
there, an adult female COOPER'S HAWK flew down from one of the trees lining
the pond to one of the posts just next to it. The ducks on the path fled
into the water, and then returned to within a few feet. She then hopped down
onto the chains between the posts, getting closer to the water. Eventually
she attacked a swimming duck (possibly a Coot, I couldn't see), which only
lasted about 3 seconds. She then returned to the post, and eventually to the
tree.
 
Mike Armer
Mountain View
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