Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 20:16:43 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: rob gibbs Subject: Re: atlas question MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, We had Cooper's nesting near our yard last year. The adults and two or three young found our birdfeeders to be a great dining spot. They were extremely noisy. The adults started coming into the yard in late winter and continued through nesting and then brought the young. They stayed in the area most of the summer. Of course this year we have nothing. I thought it was odd that the adults would immediately start calling when they flew into the area with rather short calls. You would think that they wouldn't want to announce their presence. However it didn't seem to keep them from catching prey. Once they caught something they would begin calling repeatedly about once every 30 seconds or so until they had finished eating the meal and flew off. They were extremely efficient hunters and we ended up taking our feeders down to give the song birds a fighting chance. Rob Gibbs Damascus, MD Gail Mackiernan wrote: >Hi -- > >We also have a PO Cooper's (agitated, calling male in woodland, >slipping away, but so far have not located the nest, although we >strongly suspect it is nearby. Last year in Arizona we found two large >fledged Cooper's and they were very vocal (how we found them) calling >for parental feeding -- so we plan to keep our ears open in next few >weeks! > >Gail Mackiernan >Colesville, MD > > > >On Sun, 30 Jun 2002, Jim Stasz wrote: > >>Hi Folks! >> >>Right now Cooper's should be feeding fairly large young. Note that >>the Maryland egg dates are April 29-June 6. Maybe that is why they >>have suddenly become apparent. They nest in all regions of Maryland. >>Acipiters prefer to chow down in a bit of privacy..that is why >>evergreen hedgerows in winter often have piles of feathers. You will >>have to make a judgement call on this.... a Possible if you think the bird was going to eat the meal by itself >>or FY if you think it was carrying it to a nestling. If possible, I would >>try to locate the nest [or recently fledged young] and be certain. >> >>Good Birding! >> >>Jim >> >>Jim Stasz >>North Beach MD >>jlstasz@aol.com >> >>====================================================================== >>= >>To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com >>with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey >>======================================================================= >> > >======================================================================= >To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com >with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey >======================================================================= > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================