I've never seen a Cooper's go for a Gray Squirrel, but I have read reports here (or maybe the Jersey list) of Red-tailed Hawks preying on accipiters while they are sitting, exposed, on songbirds. The Red-tailed may have been going for the two-course prix fixe. Bird well, Paul ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]