[birdky] Cooper's with sparrow

Driving up the entryway to work today at The Arboretum I saw an amazing
sight: A Cooper's Hawk had just caught a female house sparrow and was flying
with it, holding it by its back while the sparrow flapped its wings vainly
trying to escape.  Chasing the hawk were a whole group of house sparrows,
maybe 10 of them.  The hawk/sparrow combination looked sort of like a
surreal hang-glider!


Roberta Burnes
Lexington, KY

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