Greetings, Just as I was putting my brunch plate on the dining table at about 10AM today, I saw a larger bird fly into a neighbor's tree about 100 feet beyond my French doors at my home in the Charlotte Park section of West Nashville near Cleece's Ferry Landing. I got my binoculars from atop the dining table and investigated. Just as I had first expected, I saw an immature Cooper's hawk which had its prey. The prey was sort of hidden behind a branch, but I think I caught glimpses of fur, so it was probably one of the many mice found around here. Not being the least bit squeamish when it comes to good food, I enjoyed my nice lunch of "human" food while watching "Immy Coop" enjoy its "bird" food. "Immy Coop" is a nice brunch companion in that it is mannerly enough to remain at the table (limb) until after the hostess is finished with her meal. After "Immy" left the "table," two American crows flew to the ground below where they apparently cleaned up the "crumbs from under that table." There must not have been much as the crows left in very short order. Such fun! Actually, I believe there are two immature Cooper's in the area. I have seen two birds come by my house from the same direction with seemingly not enough time for them to have circled around and come back again after leaving my sight in the other direction--that is, unless maybe it was one lone bird that had a "hemi!!!" Cheers & prayers for great birding in 2004, Dee Thompson Nashville, TN (Charlotte Park, just 4 blocks east of the old Cleece's Ferry ramp) =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================