[TN-Bird] Re: Coopers Hawk at Feeders
- From: Dthomp2669@xxxxxxx
- To: birchh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:17:14 -0500 (EST)
In a message dated 1/22/2013 8:57:42 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
birchh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
. Just then a beautiful Coopers Hawk jumped up on the bush in front of my
window. Evidently she had missed her prey, but she was checking in the
bush for a potential meal
Actually, I love to see my beautiful Cooper's hawks come on my deck to feed
on birds at my feeders as they do reasonably often. The parent hawks
bring their young here often, then those "immys" come back very frequently on
their own. However, the last great "hawk thrill" I had was when a merlin
(pigeon hawk) came down and took a bird twice its size up, up and away!
Red tails and red shoulders also hang around, but I have never seen them
"take" anything although too many squirrels are here to whom they would be
highly welcome!!!!!!!! Of course, I might change my mind on that if the
economy gets so bad that I need to make squirrel and dumplings for myself.
That's pretty darn good eating for any human, especially when the squirrels
have been living on MY bird seed all their lives!!! They are mighty plump
and pretty, and my daddy taught me how to skin and gut them when I was a
young child. We loved squirrel even though we were able to afford other meat,
We lived "off the land" a lot because we had 640 acres, and Daddy loved
to hunt. We also raised our own chickens, pigs, rabbits and goats which are
also wonderfully edible when one has a mother who is a great creative
cook!!! Her opossum and sweet potatoes were especially desired....totally
delectable!!! Yum, yum! I still know how to cook them all if I could just
get
some of them. Unfortunately, we did not have deer in our part of central
Florida. I have learned to cook that here in Tennessee and LOVE it. Wish
I had a great source to get it now. We also fished in the two lakes on or
land and loved the catches intensely, too. Mommy's fish and hush puppies
were but to die for. The hush puppies were flavored with fresh onions from
our own farm! Totally delectsble!
Dee Thompson
Nashville, TN (Charlotte Park area of West Nashville near the old
Cleece's Ferry boat ramp)
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