[TN-Bird] Re: Cooper's Hawks Sightings?
- From: "William Peeples" <wpeeples@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 08:14:33 -0500
I believe that in the last few years (since about Y2K), the Cooper's Hawks
have, for whatever reason, become much more numerous in our area than
before.
Their presence in summer has become essentially regular in west TN, with
numerous nesting records (I believe west TN's first confirmed nest was not
that long ago; maybe around 1999?). And it seems to me that even in winter,
Cooper's now outnumber Sharp-shins, something which is the opposite of what
it was for the first 20 years of my birding.
Long ago, in the 1930's to about the 1960's, from looking at the Memphis
Christmas Count results, it appears that Cooper's outmnumbered Sharpies
then, too.
During the 70's and 80's Cooper's were relatively rare.
Rob Peeples
Germantown, TN
----- Original Message -----
From: <OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 6:21 PM
Subject: [TN-Bird] Cooper's Hawks Sightings?
> June-July
> West TN
>
> This has been an exceptional season for me in detecting Cooper's Hawks in
> West TN. In Shelby County, during the last two months, I have recorded
Cooper's
> inside the city limits of Memphis, Bartlett, Germantown and Collierville.
The
> last three locations were tracked to nests. In June and so far in July, I
have
> recorded them in my ramblings in all the counties bordering the
Mississippi
> River, completing that list this weekend with single birds at Black Bayou
in
> Lake Co. and a single bird at White Lake Refuge in Dyer Co. The other
sightings
> have been 2 birds at different locations in Lauderdale Co and a single
bird in
> Tipton Co. I have also seen these birds this season, in Hardin, McNairy,
> Haywood and Henry Counties.
>
> Is it just me or are others seeing more of this species in recent summers.
I
> know I'm spending just about the same amount of time in the field and in
just
> about the same areas but this is far more sightings of Cooper's Hawks than
any
> other summer since I've been keeping records.
>
>
> Good Birding!!!
>
> Jeff R. Wilson
> OL'COOT / TLBA
> Bartlett, TN
>
>
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