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Cooper's Hawk takes down Coot at sand pits

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Jennifer Elmer

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Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:39:51 EST

Today after eating my early thanksgiving dinner I went birding at the  
Pocomoke sand pits. I saw my first of year Redhead Duck.  I also saw a  Cooper's 
Hawk flying low over the lake and then plunged into the water  after a large 
flock of Coots. On the first attack the Coopers missed  but made another attempt 
and succeeded. He took off out of the  water with the Coot and flew into the 
woods. I noticed that none of  the Coots reacted to the Coopers presence until 
it was to late. The  reaction of all the birds in the lake near the attack was 
of shock and  confusion. I never saw a Coopers Hawk hunt over water before. 
What a great  Thanksgiving. gobble, gobble, gobble. 
                                                                              
                                            Birding  forever
                                                                              
                                           Jennifer Elmer
                                                                              
                                        Pocomoke City  MD        



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