My resident immature Cooper's Hawk has cut my dove population down to a pair of Collared Doves and one Mourning Dove! It preferentially goes for the doves rather than the numerous finches, sparrows, or juncos.
Paula Hansley Louisville On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 2:04 PM, Mel Goff <melg...@comcast.net> wrote: > We had 17 White-winged Doves and 10 Collared Doves at our feeder 10 > minutes ago. Now we have one Cooper's Hawk and NO doves in our yard. > > Mel and Jeanne Goff > Colorado Springs > > *From:* Charles Hundertmark <chundertma...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 30, 2014 1:22 PM > *To:* Pam Piombino <piombino....@gmail.com> > *Cc:* Nature Net <nature-...@yahoogroups.com> ; Cobirds > <cobirds@googlegroups.com> > *Subject:* Re: [cobirds] Question about raptors and Collared Doves > > During spring and summer when we have a local pair of Cooper's Hawks, I > frequently find piles of collared-dove feathers. They appear to be either > particularly attractive or particularly easy targets of Coopers. > > Chuck > > On Tue, Dec 30, 2014 at 11:59 AM, Pam Piombino <piombino....@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> We own two acres of mostly prairie (unfortunately planted in Smooth >> Brome), south and west of the little village of Hygiene. We are constantly >> finding piles of Collared Dove feathers indicating a kill site >> >> Are these invaders aiding the success of our indigenous raptors? With >> their plump size, they make a fine meal and one that seems a bit easier to >> catch than other species. >> >> Pam >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Colorado Birds" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAF2zbdvadRTxtT5S1ACCx95hvhQN_40XWSf_CJ0iDhEOkFmzig%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAF2zbdvadRTxtT5S1ACCx95hvhQN_40XWSf_CJ0iDhEOkFmzig%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Chuck Hundertmark > 2546 Lake Meadow Drive > Lafayette, CO 80026 > 303-604-0531 > Cell: 720-771-8659 > chundertma...@gmail.com > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CACZCCxeq_7wAXHFo6fV_kDpP1mmniLPY4uEf0Pjm1%3DzkOAs4tg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CACZCCxeq_7wAXHFo6fV_kDpP1mmniLPY4uEf0Pjm1%3DzkOAs4tg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/5A7EE19A7917408EA17B960EE000D368%40MelDesktop > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/5A7EE19A7917408EA17B960EE000D368%40MelDesktop?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CANF-7hokAe65JuFq-CHATiJNiNm%2BESfjhQAnudfxfZ0qtp4oBw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
