I feel your pain. We have had virtually no birds for about three weeks. This morning there was a lone Song Sparrow looking quite miserable. I suspected the Coopers that has been seen a few times this winter. Sure enough, when we pulled in the driveway after a trip to Montezuma, the Cooper was sitting on a tree outside our normal viewing area from the house.
Montezuma and around was not too eventful with the high winds. We did see three Rough-legged Hawks on the corner of Bixby and Savannah Springs Rd. one was very dark. The others were in flight so I could not make out the coloring as well. Diana Whiting Diana Whiting dianawhitingphotography.com On Feb 17, 2013, at 12:01 PM, Carol Keeler <carolk...@adelphia.net> wrote: > My Cooper's Hawk has made counting birds for the Backyard Bird Count > impossible. It's been here each day, so no birds are coming to the feeders. > Yesterday it took a female Cardinal. This morning it sat in the weeping pine > where the feeders are located from at least 7:15 to 8:30. I was amazed at how > long it stayed. I don't know how much longer it stayed since I left to get > groceries. One photographer from out west, Ron Dudley, has said that in very > cold weather many raptors are "sticky". They tend to stay put and don't > flush easily. My Cooper's was sticky this morning. I looked out just a > while ago and it was back again, but didn't stay long. I assume it has had > quite a bit of success hunting in my yard since it's around so often. > > Sent from my iPad > -- > > 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/ > > -- > -- 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/ --
