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From: grp@unify.uucp (Greg Pasquariello)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Suburban Raptors
Message-ID: <257ACAF1.4061@unify.uucp>
Date: 4 Dec 89 19:52:16 GMT
References: <1989Nov29.032434.9233@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <51748@oliveb.olivetti.com>
Reply-To: grp@unify.UUCP (Greg Pasquariello)
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In article <51748@oliveb.olivetti.com> mjm@oliven.olivetti.com (Michael Mammoser) writes:
>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

>population differences; I've heard that they are less common in the east.

Coops are a lot less common in the east.  The statistic I have heard is 
1 coopers for every 40 sharpies.  In my experience at my Hawk watch it was
more like 1 cooper's for every 20 sharpies.  They tended to nest in more
remote areas, but in migration you could find them anywhere, including an
apple tree in someone's front yard along a busy thoroughfare.

>
>Mike

- Greg

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