Today my visiting cat and I watched about 70 feeder birds in the backyard when the big fat female Cooper's Hawk arrived and all the birds just melted away. She patrols the neighborhood everyday and I often see her. She chased a Squirrel last week and the squirrel gave a new meaning to the word "freeze" as he hung flat against a big maple tree trunk! I have 7" of snow and the usual feeder birds plus 2 Fox Sparrows, that I only see when it snows, and a pair of Hairy Woodpeckers. I see Hairys infrequently here. And before anybody asks, the cat in an inside cat. Linda V. Kelly Warner Park Valley Nashville, TN =================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. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net Owner: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423) 764-3958 =========================================================