The Hawk and The Dove

Cooper's Hawk, Right After Muting

She looks a bit strange because she had just lifted her tail to mute. With hawks, it is called muting and raptors do it differently, they shoot it out horizontally with force and distance. It is called slicing their mute.
Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)

Accipiter cooperiiCooper's hawkadult cooper's hawkhunterpreypredatorraptormutingmuteGarland Texasclose upoutside my windowfencebird of prey