Steve,
My wife and I watched a CH enjoy "Christmas dinner" in our back yard while
preparing for our own Christmas dinner. We saw the entire "dinner"
starting
with the midair hit and finished when she flew off with what was left of
the
Rock Pigeon. It took about 15 min.
I made a 30 sec movie clip of the process using a Nikon 4500 via a Leica
spotting scope. It can be viewed at
http://www.boltassociates.com/ChristmasDinner/CoopersHawk.avi , but be
aware
that it is a 5 meg AVI file, so it will take a long time to download if you
are connected to the Internet via dialup.
Douglas Bolt
Visit http://www.boltassociates.com/ for Current Weather in
Beltsville, MD,
plus pics of family, friends, birds, plants and places.
----- Original Message -----
From: <SteveYoung@xxxxxxx>affairs,
To: <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 1:50 PM
Subject: [va-bird] Coopers in the Neighborhood... Arlington
I was walking down my street early this afternoon, minding my own
"Accipiter!"when I caught a fast-moving bird out of the corner of my eye.
belowscreamed my brain. I froze and watched while a Coopers flew by just
my eyeflew
level, flying east above the street and passing me within ten feet. Itflew on
and perched in a tree in the front yard of a neighbor. I walked a littlecloser
and watched for a minute. Two Mourning Doves flew by and the Cooperslooked
agitated, kinda nodding its head. Then a smaller bird (House Finch?)
by,but
further away, but vocalizing, and the Coopers took off, not in pursuit
again flying very low, this time toward the southwest. My best look at aCoopers
in a while and an unexpected treat in the street. Cheers,
Steve Young
Glencarlyn, Arlington, VA
