FreeLists / bristol-birds / [Bristol-Birds] Cooper's Hawk

["Jack Litz" <wjlitz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 5:30 this evening I stepped out of a building at Northeast State and at my 
feet was a hawk with wings partially spread trying to hug the sidewalk.  The 
bird had evidently hit some glass in the building I was leaving.  I did a walk 
around and could see no injuries and after a minute or two the bird flew 
competently to a nearby pine tree and perched about 5 ft from the ground.  It 
was a large Cooper's Hawk.  I was able to observe the bird at a distance of 
about 2 feet for some five minutes - absolutely beautiful.  I teach across the 
hall from Tom McNeil so I got him to come down and take a look also.  We 
observed the bird several minutes within arm's reach and it seemed somewhat 
addled.  When Tom moved to observe the bird from another vantage point it 
evidently thought it was being surrounded and flew to a nearby shrub and then 
unfortunately glanced off of another window.  A brief search did not find the 
bird so it apparently was not seriously injured.
.  
Jack Litz
Kingsport 
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