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Birding Reports => Southern Ontario Reports => Topic started by: Napper on July 03, 2006, 08:34:53 PM

Title: Boy am I upset, Coopers in my yard
Post by: Napper on July 03, 2006, 08:34:53 PM

I had put my camera away for the day/week cause nothing is happening,

with the exeption of  the doves eating my feed meant for other birds.............

Stepped outside  at 8:00 pm  and  Guess what lands in my front yard...

Coopers hawk 15 feet away..  It stops for a second. I hope I can get to the Camera... Nope. Open the Door and he/she is gone.................

It had a dove its talons........I am really steamin  cause i missed him/her.........

I am Sure it was  a  Coopers, had the dark Crest, Accipiter for Sure.............The Grackles  that were protecting the area  must have moved on cause I don't

see them around much lately..  Exciting but............   argh ................


NAPPER   :o

Title: Other Stuff
Post by: Napper on July 05, 2006, 05:48:09 PM

Last weekend  while visiting the drainage ponds(in the evening) behind my house

I spotted a whole bunch of Cedar Waxwings flying around in and amongst the Swallows.

There are hoards of doves,  swallows everywhere.  killdeer are quite prominent aswell. I even spotted a Tern. Not sure why he was there maybee just  passing

thru. The area is really starting to grow in, The grasses are nearly 3 feet tall and the pond is quite full (water)...:lol:


  (http://outdoorontario.net/Gallery/albums/testing-album-1/Tern_30_06_06.sized.jpg)

You already know the hawk story.  Spotted a Juvenile Blue Jay today(with its parents) on the path behind my house.  I put  another feeder out filled with black oil

seeds on Monday and the next day  "Chickadee's" showed up...

Napper :lol: