My neighborhood Cooper's Hawk finally showed up at the feeders. I had watched it out back about 100' from the house. It sat for a long time watching the birds that were flying overhead. I ate my breakfast and looked out and it was gone. I checked out front, and there it was sitting in my weeping pine right by the front porch. It was very cooperative and let me take many images. I started out my new 2013 gallery with its picture. http://www.pbase.com/carol_keeler_photo/picture_a_day_2013
After that I didn't have as many birds as usual, which I kind of expected. No mob scene today either. I did spot it out back today, but it didn't come in to the feeders. I have a few Redpolls today, but not the horde from pre-Cooper. It didn't catch anything, by the way. All the birds had fled. I had a record Mourning Dove number of 22 today all sitting in a weeping beech. Carol Keeler -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
