No scissor tail-Chatfield

[Deborah Carstensen]

I spent some time in the Plum Creek area at Chatfield, near the picnic tables, and couldn't find the scissor tailed flycatcher.

I did enjoy watching a pair of Cooper's hawks . I first saw the male Coopers hawk with a bird ( house finch?) in its talons. He was calling incessantly, which is how I found him. A female Coopershawk then flew in and either took or was given the prey.
She seemed to study the gift for some time and, after a few minutes, the male Cooper's hawk came back and mated with her while she stood on the prey.
I'm not sure if this would qualify for a dinner date…
Deb Carstensen, Littleton, Arapahoe County
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