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[Raincrow <raincrow@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The term "bird-brained" is not necessarily a putdown!! Pretty good
strategy...

Liz Singley
Kingston TN



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [TN-Bird] Sharp-shinned Hawk, walking while stalking
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 13:03:28 -0000
From: "David & Gloria Patterson" <dgpatterson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: dgpatterson@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Houston Lane, Ooltewah (Chatanooga)  35.02 N, 85.08 W
10 AM Feb 6, 2003

No birds in sight around feeders, except one non-moving Titmouse; we
suspected Cooper's or Sharpie in the area.

Adult Sharp-shinned Hawk (large, female?) came and perched among
feeders, 3 ft from our porch, where we watched it for 15 minutes or
more.

Next it flew 40 ft to the ground below a White Cedar and Silverberry
bush and WALKED around under the tree and bush looking up into the
foliage for 10 minutes.  It looked like a Pigeon walking on the ground. 
Many feeder birds hide in those bushes, which are probably too dense for
a large bird to move around in.

Several times the Sharpie flew up against the foliage, and the small
birds moved into other parts. Finally a bunch of Cardinals and
White-throats fled, and the Sharpie took off after one of the Cardinals
into the nearby woods.  Sharpie and Cardinal disappeared into a gully. 
When I went to the gully the Sharpie flew up into a nearby tree, without
the Cardinal, which I couldn't find.

Bent's Life Histories devotes pages to Sharpie hunting, but no mention
of walking.  It really seems unusual,  but getting underneath a dense
evergreen or bush and looking up is a good way to see birds and nests.

David and Gloria Patterson


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