[obol] Re: Banded Cooper's Hawk
- From: "Dennis Vroman" <dpvroman@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <llsdirons@xxxxxxx>, "Jen Sanford" <jjsanford@xxxxxxxxx>, "OBOL Oregon Birders Online" <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "OBOL obol" <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2014 14:08:10 -0700
Dave, Jen and other OBOL folks,
This is a "normal" band for Cooper's and other large birds (particularly birds
of prey). It's a "lock-on" band, which has a tab where the other end of the
band folds over it and is crimped into place. These birds have the ability to
pull open the round "butt-end" band and, well there goes the band. They can
not open the lock-on bands.'
Have banded just one Cooper's myself, slim chance this is the one.
Dennis
----- Original Message -----
From: David Irons
To: Jen Sanford ; OBOL Oregon Birders Online ; OBOL obol
Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2014 1:30 PM
Subject: [obol] Re: Banded Cooper's Hawk
Jen,
Nice photos. One thing that seems odd is the shape of the band, which appears
to be either flattened on one side or have some sort of tab on it. Typically, a
standard aluminum band is perfectly circular with no tab or flat edge. This
looks like a normal USFWS band that was pinched and flattened on one side to
make it fit more snugly on the hawk's leg. To my knowledge this is not a
standard banding practice. Perhaps Mike Patterson or Dennis Vroman can weigh in
on this.
Dave Irons
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Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2014 13:04:55 -0700
Subject: [obol] Banded Cooper's Hawk
From: jjsanford@xxxxxxxxx
To: obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
This morning I noticed a Cooper's Hawk hanging out in my yard, and after I
took a few photos I noticed it had a band on its right leg. I can't read
anything on it, though there's one thing (could just be the light) that almost
looks like a "3." I uploaded three unaltered photos of the bird to Flickr, one
with the leg raised to see a different side of the band, if anyone wants to try
to read it. https://www.flickr.com/photos/stoptellingmeitsokay/14634361307/
The hawk spooked when I turned off the fan in the window, and my neighbor's
cat also spooked from nearby. Interesting to see a native predator compete
directly with a nonnative predator for my feeder birds- or perhaps they were
hunting each other. I dream of the day a hawk carries that cat off...
Good birding,
Jen Sanford
Portland
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