Marcia, A friend of mine offered to share the following two stories concerning hawks and cats: At one time, I had a smallish black cat that was apparently grabbed, then dropped in the creek by a red-shouldered hawk. I heard the cat scream bloody murder, the horse ran to see what was going on, the hawk flew up and away from the scene of the crime. Shortly after, a very happy to be alive cat came home, soaking wet, covered with cat poop, and with a large chunk of fur tufted out on both sides of his back. The other incident involved a 'sail cat' being shared in the middle of the highway near a fairly busy intersection. Three crows, and to my total astonishment, a red-shouldered hawk, were feeding shoulder to shoulder on cat carrion. As told by, Linda Mann Kingston TN I personally have seen a red-shouldered hawk carry off a squirrel, so a small cat does not seem beyond its reach (so to speak). On the other hand, Cooper's Hawks are a little bit smaller than Red-shouldered Hawks generally, and that would seem a bit more of a stretch (pun intended). But an attempted attack on a cat by a Cooper's (successful or not), does not seem beyond imagination. Dev Joslin Oak Ridge, 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 =========================================================