Dad's Standing Guard

Papa Cooper's was standing guard on a nearby branch. Same branch he was on last time I saw him. He was relaxed at the moment with one foot tucked into his breast feathers. Wonder if that one raised talon was a message for me? I moved on and left them in peace.
Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)

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