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The Bird Feeder

Post by CT_Shooter » Sat Jan 04, 2020 10:27 am

For some birds, the bird feeder is a place to find other birds to eat.

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Post by Ojaileveraction » Sat Jan 04, 2020 11:23 am

Looks like a first year Coopers Hawk.
Love those accipiters.
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Post by markiver54 » Sat Jan 04, 2020 11:24 am

Got that right Stan! The wife loves feeding and watching all the birds. We have feeders and suet cakes out, so that sight is not uncommon to us either.
I do love Raptors though.
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Post by markiver54 » Sat Jan 04, 2020 11:25 am

Ojaileveraction wrote:
Sat Jan 04, 2020 11:23 am
Looks like a first year Coopers Hawk.
Love those accipiters.
I like your new avatar Tim.
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Post by BigAl52 » Sat Jan 04, 2020 11:52 am

Happens all the time in my backyard. Have a big hawk that patrols the area from the field north of the house.I see the feather remains in the backyard under the big pine tree.
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Re: The Bird Feeder

Post by North Country Gal » Sat Jan 04, 2020 2:06 pm

Even saw those Cooper Hawks when I lived in suburban Chicago. They made a good living by setting up routes of all the backyard bird feeders. I still see them up, here, out in the north woods, but actually not as often as I saw them in Chicago. Very adaptable bird.
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Post by Ojaileveraction » Sun Jan 05, 2020 1:34 am

Coopers and Sharpies were once considered too shy and nervous of people to ever nest near people.
It's all about habitat.
Sloping hillsides, mature trees, and water.
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Post by North Country Gal » Sun Jan 05, 2020 11:36 am

Good point. The Chicago suburbs are laced with wooded waterways, mainly as a result of county forest preserves. Lots of good nesting habitat for Coopers and other wildlife, right adjacent to the busy city.
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