[TN-Bird] Cooper's Hawk reappears

Greetings to all you overstuffed birders from another one here in the 
Charlotte Park area of West Nashville, Davidson County, a few blocks east of 
the 
Cleece's Ferry Boat Landing on the Cumberland River.  Hope your Thanksgivings 
were 
all very "full-filling!"
At approximately 6:35 AM today, a Cooper's hawk flew past the side of my 
house and through the trees in my back yard and dropped down in the back yard 
of 
the third house about 300 feet down the line behind mine.  Seconds later, the 
bird was up in the air clutching a small "something" in its talons as it flew 
in the direction toward the river with its catch.  I THINK maybe this is the 
first time I've see any Cooper's since nesting season, so I'm glad to see one 
hunting in my area again.  There has always been a family of Cooper's hawks in 
this area since the early 1980's when I used to see them on my way to work in 
Cockrill Bend--most often in the proximity of Richland Creek as it meanders 
along White Bridge Road/Briley Parkway.  When I moved to this house in 1991, I 
began to see them in my yard or on occasional flyovers.  I know they MUST nest 
somewhere in this part of West Nashville, but I have never been able to hone in 
on their exact location which is probably on some of the posted property out 
here.

Bossy Mock came to raid the poke berry bush this morning and ignored the 
peanut butter.  I'm sure the appetite for PB will return by evening.  

The cosmos got frost bitten last night.

On purpose, I have decided to leave the fallen leaves on my deck as ALL my 
feeder birds are now picking around in the leaves and apparently finding things 
to eat.  I can sit here working with my laptop (perched on a sturdy TV table) 
just inside the French doors of my dining area and, literally, have the 
cardinals, blue jays, juncos, sparrows, wrens and even the chickadees and 
titmice 
searching for "goodies" right at my feet.  If the doors weren't there, I could 
reach over and pick them up.  It is just awesome to have them so "up close and 
personal."

Although I've had my hummingbird feeder up, I've only had one unidentified 
hummer lately that I just glimpsed leaving the feeder when I came home 
yesterday 
from my volunteer work at St. Thomas Hospital ER.  I know it was a hummer, 
but it fled so fast that I just couldn't get a "bead" on it except greenish 
back 
and GONE!  I haven't seen it again.

Must get a refill on left overs from yesterday and try not to overstuff 
myself again.

Cheers, prayers and great birding,

Dee Thompson
Nashville, TN



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