Comments on: Cooper's Hawk in our front yard http://alexwetmore.org/archives/517 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 15:41:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ghost Rider http://alexwetmore.org/archives/517/comment-page-1#comment-4166 Ghost Rider Sat, 12 Jan 2008 04:21:35 +0000 /blogs/alex_wetmore/archive/2008/01/06/cooper-s-hawk-in-our-front-yard.aspx#comment-4166 We''ve got a red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus) living in our neighborhood in central Tampa, FL. We discovered it one day when a half-eaten squirrel came down from the giant live oak in our backyard. I looked up and spotted the hawk. Later that day, two more squirrels became lunch for this magnificent bird. Now, we find a patch of plucked pigeon feathers on the lawn about once a week or so...apparently, our yard is prime hunting ground, even though we''re a couple hundred yards from the Interstate. We”ve got a red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus) living in our neighborhood in central Tampa, FL. We discovered it one day when a half-eaten squirrel came down from the giant live oak in our backyard. I looked up and spotted the hawk. Later that day, two more squirrels became lunch for this magnificent bird.

Now, we find a patch of plucked pigeon feathers on the lawn about once a week or so…apparently, our yard is prime hunting ground, even though we”re a couple hundred yards from the Interstate.

]]> By: Chris Lowe http://alexwetmore.org/archives/517/comment-page-1#comment-4165 Chris Lowe Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:26:53 +0000 /blogs/alex_wetmore/archive/2008/01/06/cooper-s-hawk-in-our-front-yard.aspx#comment-4165 When I lived in the Ravenna area we saw this happen a couple of times. Once I even saw the hawk as it dove in for the kill. We have fewer trees in Maple Leaf and not as many birds as a result. Did discover this morning that we have a raccoon that likes to hang out in our front yard in the wee hours of the morning. Amazing how much wildlife there can be in a city. When I lived in the Ravenna area we saw this happen a couple of times. Once I even saw the hawk as it dove in for the kill. We have fewer trees in Maple Leaf and not as many birds as a result. Did discover this morning that we have a raccoon that likes to hang out in our front yard in the wee hours of the morning. Amazing how much wildlife there can be in a city.

]]> By: Andre http://alexwetmore.org/archives/517/comment-page-1#comment-4164 Andre Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:45:16 +0000 /blogs/alex_wetmore/archive/2008/01/06/cooper-s-hawk-in-our-front-yard.aspx#comment-4164 My co-worker and I had this happen to us in the fall, we were riding home along the Duwamish bike path when an object (pigeon) fell hard and fast about 20 feet in front of us. We looked up and saw a bald eagle and retreating flock of pigeons. It''s an odd thing to something like a bird fall when typically they seem so immune to gravity. We rode past and waited for a bit but must have been still too close for the eagle to come back and collect. My co-worker and I had this happen to us in the fall, we were riding home along the Duwamish bike path when an object (pigeon) fell hard and fast about 20 feet in front of us. We looked up and saw a bald eagle and retreating flock of pigeons. It’’s an odd thing to something like a bird fall when typically they seem so immune to gravity.

We rode past and waited for a bit but must have been still too close for the eagle to come back and collect.

]]> By: Tarik http://alexwetmore.org/archives/517/comment-page-1#comment-4163 Tarik Mon, 07 Jan 2008 03:51:49 +0000 /blogs/alex_wetmore/archive/2008/01/06/cooper-s-hawk-in-our-front-yard.aspx#comment-4163 First the eerily similar basement flood due to french drain failure and now the same hawk conundrum. See: http://tsaleh.blogspot.com/2007/05/circle-of-life.html and then look at this page to see if you can see the difference between your hawk, the coopers and the sharp shin: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw/AboutBirdsandFeeding/accipiterIDtable.htm First the eerily similar basement flood due to french drain failure and now the same hawk conundrum. See:
http://tsaleh.blogspot.com/2007/05/circle-of-life.html
and then look at this page to see if you can see the difference between your hawk, the coopers and the sharp shin:
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw/AboutBirdsandFeeding/accipiterIDtable.htm

]]> By: admin http://alexwetmore.org/archives/517/comment-page-1#comment-4162 admin Sun, 06 Jan 2008 19:44:05 +0000 /blogs/alex_wetmore/archive/2008/01/06/cooper-s-hawk-in-our-front-yard.aspx#comment-4162 My friend Stew noted that this may in fact be a Sharp Shinned Hawk. Either way it was a really cool thing to witness. My friend Stew noted that this may in fact be a Sharp Shinned Hawk. Either way it was a really cool thing to witness.

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