[obol] Rock Pigeon Speed

[sandyleapt at comcast.net]

Hi Dan.  Thanks for the way you wrote this e-mail, using abbreviations and the bird name.  It should help bring those of us who don't know pigeon English get up to speed.  ;)

Sandy Leaptrott
NE Portland
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From: "Dan Heyerly" <dan at heyerly.com>
> A few weeks ago in our back yard we had occasion to anecdotally measure the
> speed of a Rock Pigeon (ROPI) as compared to that of a hungry Cooper's Hawk
> (COHA).  Each time from a standing start the ROPI ran away from the COHA
> with no trouble.  Four or five time trials were held.  With our assistance,
> the COHA eventually was able to eat, but not because of its comparative
> speed.
> 
>  
> 
> Yesterday Anne and I went for a walk in Alton Baker Park in Eugene.  Helpful
> residents were busily feeding the ducks, poop geese, and gull swarm at the
> pond next to the river (because we all know they all will starve because of
> the 3 inches of snow on the ground).  A male imm. COHA made two passes
> through the flock and one time made the feathers fly as he attempted to take
> a ROPI.  The ROPI got away and the COHA could not catch up.
> 
>  
> 
> 70 mph does not surprise me.  They are fast.
> 
>  
> 
> Dan Heyerly
> 
> Eugene
> 


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