FreeLists / tn-bird / [TN-Bird] Cooper's and Sharp-Shinned Hawks-Shelby County

[Virginia Reynolds <treynold@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

This morning, (the 15th) while walking behind the fish ponds at  
Shelby Farms, I hear a raptor call, turned around and saw 2 immature  
Cooper's Hawks at quit close range. One circled directly overhead  
before  slowly flying away. A Sharp-shinned flew out of the low woods  
and began to harass  one of the Cooper's.  The size differential was  
quite obvious. The Coopers' took the hint and flew off while the  
Sharp-shinned returned to the woods. I have never seen this behavior  
before and was wondering if anyone else has encountered it.
There was a Grt. Yellowlegs and 7 Leasts feeding in the round pond.   
I could hear sparrows calling, but they were keeping very low,  
naturally.
Virginia Reynolds
Shelby County, TN
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