Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!usc!apple!oliveb!oliven!mjm
From: mjm@oliven.olivetti.com (Michael Mammoser)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Suburban Raptors
Message-ID: <51748@oliveb.olivetti.com>
Date: 2 Dec 89 23:36:30 GMT
References: <1989Nov29.032434.9233@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Sender: news@oliveb.olivetti.com
Lines: 20

In article <1989Nov29.032434.9233@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, rcb33483@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Kehaar) writes:
> 
> Also, Coopers Hawks are shy birds of the deep forest.
> A suburban Cooper's would be the rarest of rarities.

	Actually, I've had a number of experiences observing Cooper's
Hawks in suburban settings. I've seen them in creekside habitats that
flow through residential areas, bordering on people's backyards; seen
them sitting in trees in frontyards along residential streets during
rush hour. On the day after Thanksgiving, when I arrived at my friend's
house to go out birding, one had just taken a bird in his backyard.
They are known to nest on the Stanford Campus, although off the beaten
path. Perhaps your experiences with them has something to do with
population differences; I've heard that they are less common in the east.

	Also, in the accounts that I have read about the infamous
"Chicken Hawk", they have been characterized as bold and daring in
their hunting, undeterred even by the presence of people.

Mike