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Cooper's Hawks 2019

Cooper's Hawk Nesting

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Adult male Cooper's Hawk flew over to check me out. He had just fed the female. I had just missed her as she flew up into the nest and settled in for the evening 4/24/2019. If you would note the tucked talon under his breat feathers. That is a sign he is relaxed and does not feel threatened in any way. He perched there for several minutes as I composed shots of him.

My neighbor (nest tree) pointed out she had some kind of claws in her mulch bed under a tree. The unfortunate victim of the adult male Cooper's Hawk is an Eastern Screech Owl and its talons 4/25/2019. One of my first photos in this album is of feathers from the same type owl. We did have at least a pair in the neighborhood. I have not heard any lately. I know a cat got one of them around the same time.

Adult female Cooper's Hawk on the nest. She was looking around and spotted me way off to the side through this opening in the nest tree 4/26/2019