[mou] VERY CLOSE look at a Coopers Hawk
Bill Kass
wjkhahk@charter.net
Sat, 15 Jul 2006 14:20:08 -0500
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This morning my wife and I got back from a walk and were sitting in our =
Adirondack Chairs. Our chairs are of the design that they are connected =
together by a table that can also have an umbrella in them. (You will =
see in a little bit why it is important that I describe the chair =
design).
We have a lot of bird feeders but of course the squirrels and chipmunks =
also eat their share and are always around in the morning gathering what =
they can off the patio deck under the feeders not too far from our =
chairs that are around the fire pit that we were sitting in. Anyhow, my =
wife had a handful of peanuts and we were tossing them out to the =
chipmunks getting them closer and closer to us in the hopes to hand feed =
them. When one of them was about 2 feet away slightly in front of us =
and between our chairs and the fire pit, all of sudden a shape came =
flying in over the fire pit and snatched the chipmunk right in front of =
us! It flew under the table (only about 1 foot wide between us) and =
briefly brushed my leg with its wings, and then off it went. No more =
chipmunk.
An exciting way to start the day.
Bill Kass
Rochester, MN
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SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">This morning my wife and I got back from a walk =
and were sitting in our</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
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FACE=3D"Arial">Adirondack</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Chairs.=C2=A0 Our chairs =
are of the design that they are connected together by a table that can =
also have an umbrella in them.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us">=C2=A0</SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial"> (You will see in a little bit why it is important that I =
describe the chair design).</FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=3DLTR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT =
SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">We have a lot of bird feeders but of course the =
squirrels and chipmunks also</FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">eat their share and are always around in the morning =
gathering what they can off the patio deck under the feeders not too far =
from our chairs that are around the fire pit that we were sitting =
in.=C2=A0 Anyhow, my wife had a handful of peanuts and we were tossing =
them out to the chipmunks getting them closer and closer to us in the =
hopes to hand feed them.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us">=C2=A0</SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial"> When one of them was about 2 feet away slightly in front =
of us and between our chairs and the fire pit, all of sudden a shape =
came flying in over the fire pit and snatched the chipmunk right in =
front of us!</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us">=C2=A0</SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> It flew under the table =
(only about 1 foot wide between us) and briefly brushed my leg with its =
wings, and then off it went.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us">=C2=A0</SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial"> No more chipmunk.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
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<P DIR=3DLTR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT =
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day.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P DIR=3DLTR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT =
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<P DIR=3DLTR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT =
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