A Coopers Hawk flew quickly and closely by as it swooped into our backyard while Darrell and I were having lunch on the deck. I thought it was carrying something. It landed in the trees in the back of our yard. With binoculars I got a closer look. It was a Coopers Hawk and it appeared to have a pigeon.
We left it alone. Later we found evidence that it did indeed enjoy it's pigeon lunch. When Darrell went to dispose of the remains he noticed it had a band on it's leg.
I did some searching online and found the band was distributed by a Pigeon Racing Association. There was a phone number for reporting the band number and I called it. That person told me the band was sold to someone in Seattle. I called him and let him know of his pigeon's demise. "Dang", he said.
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