[birdky] Re: Schochoh, Logan Co., weekend list

  • From: Jeff Finn <finnunit19@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "tyson9152@xxxxxxxxxx" <tyson9152@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 21:28:06 -0500

I have watched feathers fly from a dove being hit by a Cooper's hawk on two 
separate occasions this last week. Once was a near miss and the other time the 
hawk scored.

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On Aug 18, 2013, at 8:13 PM, "Debby & Steve Tyson" <tyson9152@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This was a great bird weekend here, with 41 species counted; our highest
> weekend count since late May.  I posted yesterday about Yellow-throated
> Warbler sightings on Friday evening and yesterday morning, and I can add
> multiple sightings today too (including a few moments on the deck rail).
> There was at least one Gnatcatchers here again today.  It was busy chasing
> bugs in the bush garden, 10-15 feet from the window.  Around the same time,
> we spotted a Yellow Warbler that was bug hunting in the same bushes.
> Another highlight was a juvenile Cooper's Hawk, hanging around all weekend.
> Yesterday morning, I watched it briefly chase a dove before giving up.
> Several times recently we've seen feathery evidence in the yard that doves
> are apparently a favorite meal. 
> Stephen Tyson, Adairville (Schochoh), Logan Co., KY 
> 
> Species Name:
> 
> American Goldfinch
> 
> American Kestrel
> 
> American Robin
> 
> Baltimore Oriole
> 
> Barn Swallow
> 
> Black Vulture
> 
> Blue Grosbeak
> 
> Blue Jay
> 
> Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
> 
> Brown-headed Cowbird
> 
> Carolina Chickadee
> 
> Carolina Wren
> 
> Chipping Sparrow
> 
> Common Grackle
> 
> Cooper's Hawk
> 
> Downy Woodpecker
> 
> Eastern Bluebird
> 
> Eastern Kingbird
> 
> Eastern Wood-Pewee
> 
> Eurasian Collared-Dove
> 
> European Starling
> 
> Field Sparrow
> 
> House Finch
> 
> Indigo Bunting
> 
> Mourning Dove
> 
> Northern Bobwhite
> 
> Northern Cardinal
> 
> Northern Flicker
> 
> Northern Mockingbird
> 
> Purple Martin
> 
> Red-bellied Woodpecker
> 
> Red-headed Woodpecker
> 
> Red-winged Blackbird
> 
> Ruby-throated Hummingbird
> 
> Song Sparrow
> 
> Tufted Titmouse
> 
> Turkey Vulture
> 
> Warbling Vireo
> 
> White-breasted Nuthatch
> 
> Yellow Warbler
> 
> Yellow-throated Warbler
> 
> 
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