Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 09:28:19 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Fred Pierce Subject: Big balcony bird MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reading email a few minutes ago my eyes detected some peripheral movement which turned out to be a Cooper's hawk sitting on the bird bath about 6 feet from me. I don't know how long it was there, but it stayed about 30 seconds, just looking around, no doubt for breakfast. It was in its orange & white stripy pajamas, a loose feather fluttering on its neck, the white nape nicely visible. It flew away in a leisurely fashion, so I had a good look at the long tail. Haven't seen or heard any of the little guys since. It's really quiet. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fred Pierce (DNRC)- fpierce@avialantic.com Mid-Atlantic Aviation on the Web - http://www.avialantic.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================