The Hawk and The Dove

I Can See You

This is a young Cooper's Hawk just learning how to hunt. It was not very good at it. When I saw it, it was hopping on the ground after a sparrow which got away from it easily. By the time I got to my camera it had flown into the tree by my window. It waited for the birds to come back, but of course they never did while it was there. This was the last shot I got when it spotted me and flew away.
Juvenile Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)

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