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Davej <galt_57@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Usually when I see a hawk being chased in the air it is by an
> unidentifiable small bird. Recently I saw what was perhaps a Red-Tail
> being harassed by a Cooper's. Isn't the Cooper's the smaller hawk with
> the long tail?
It's the one I see most often. Females are roughly crow-sized, males
jay-ized. The Coop probably had a nest nearby.
We have a pair of Cooper's that work our backyard every few days. They
keep the dove population under control, rarely taking anything else.
It's pretty obvious when they're around: it gets REAL quiet except for
robin and squirrel alarm calls, and any songbird caught in the open
freezes in place.
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Lanny Chambers
St. Louis, MO
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