Date: 09/11/1999

Number: 1

I was awakened by a shreaking squawk in the trees near my home at 6:00 a.m. I went right out in my PJ's & barn boots with a camera and binoculars. There was about 8 or 10 flickers in the Black Cherry trees harrassing a small hawk. They flew to a dead White Pine in a meadow and back to the cherries. The hawk looked larger than the kestrels that are in the area, but smaller than a red tail. I was able to guess that it was a Cooper after looking it up in my Eastern Bird Guide. That day I went to the Adirondack Museum for a Rustic Furniture Show and was able to consult another guied in the gift shop. It described the call as a "cak-cak," which would be accurate. I have not seen either species again, so I assume they were filling up on the cherries before moving on. Is this behavior characteristic of these birds? Later I will see flocks of Cedar Waxwings in the same spot.

Schenectady, NY

Latitude: 42.8 Longitude: -73.9

Observed by: Elizabeth
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