[TN-Bird] Cooper's Hawk - 1, Mourning Dove - 0

From: "Scott Somershoe" <Scott.Somershoe@xxxxxx>
To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 19:26:33 -0500
While sitting on my front porch in Smyrna enjoying the last minutes of daylight 
(it was 13 min after sunset), I heard a commotion and looked up just in time to 
see a Cooper's Hawk, talons out, within inches of catching a mourning dove.  
The birds flew over my house, so of course I ran around the house to see the 
result.  All I saw was a snow storm of dove body feathers coming down on my 
driveway.  I never saw the cooper's again, but it was clearly off to enjoy a 
late night snack!

Good yard birding,
Scott Somershoe

State Ornithologist
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
P.O. Box 40747
Nashville, TN 37204
615-781-6653 (o)
615-781-6654 (fax)

www.tnwatchablewildlife.org
www.pbase.com/shoeman
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[TN-Bird] Cooper's Hawk - 1, Mourning Dove - 0

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