If you ever want a good view of a Cooper's Hawk, we can tell you where to go! We often check the bird feeders close to the CMP State Park on these walks and had been wondering for some time now why very few birds have been feeding at one particularly well-stocked feeder. It's become obvious that it's because a large, probably adult female, Cooper's Hawk spends so much time there, seeming to consider it her own private feeder yard. She sits in a large leafless tree and preens, showing off all her ID points - the long barred tail, the large flat head, the rufous breast. This week it took only a minute though, after she flew off, for a female Purple Finch to come back and start to feed again. Leaders: Kathy Horn, Lynn & Marc Breslow.
38 species (+1 other taxa)
Canada Goose 21
Mute Swan 4
Gadwall 9
Mallard 8
Surf Scoter 9
Black Scoter 2
Surf/Black Scoter 12
Red-throated Loon 1
Black Vulture 16
Turkey Vulture 3
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Ring-billed Gull 2
Herring Gull (American) 5
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Mourning Dove 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Peregrine Falcon 1
Blue Jay 2
American Crow 5
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
Carolina Wren 6
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Eastern Bluebird 9
American Robin 16
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 7
Fox Sparrow (Red) 1
Song Sparrow 5
White-throated Sparrow 4
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 6
Northern Cardinal 4
Common Grackle 3
Purple Finch 1
House Sparrow 2
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