Good morning Birders, At approximately 9:10 AM, an immature Cooper's hawk flew in and landed on a deck chair about 20 feet away from me at my home in Charlotte Park, West Nashville, Davidson County. It was raining lightly, and the bird stayed for only a moment before it flew into the grape vines then up into a tree behind the deck. It stayed in the tree from which it watched the deck for about 15 minutes. The mice that feed here finally began to move around, and, fast as fury, the young Cooper's flew down onto the deck, snatched one up and flew back into the tree where I assume it completed its kill and/or got a more secure grip on it. After a couple more seconds, it took its little mouse morsel and flew away with it. This young bird is still in VERY immature plumage. It was too fast for a photo while it was on the deck making its catch, but I took a few snaps of it while it sat very camouflaged among the leaves in the tree. I really do love my "Immy Coops." I had suspected that a hawk was around as all my feeding birds flew off the deck in a hurry just a couple of minutes before the "Immy Coop" flew down from the tree onto the deck chair. No birds have reappeared yet, so "Immy" may be feeding on the mouse only a few trees away behind the deck. Since the little mouse may only be enough for an "appetizer," the Cooper's may return later looking for the rest of its meal. Male hummingbirds are also giving me a thrill around here. They have been feeding in the rain this morning. Cheers & prayers, Dee Thompson Nashville, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ 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. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ EXCELLENT MAP RESOURCES Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________