Saturday, August 17, 2013

Looking for Breakfast

On a recent summer morning, a Cooper's Hawk, I believe, landed on the fence, 
searching intently for prey. 


A small bird was moving below and caught his eye - his very intense red eye!




He moves in for a closer look.


He has narrowed his search.


Or, perhaps not, as he takes one look back.


and heads out with no success.


This hawk appears to me to be a Cooper's Hawk, but after reading through the Cornell Identification notes (http://www.birds.cornell.edu/pfw/AboutBirdsandFeeding/accipiterIDtable.htm), comparing a Cooper's and a Sharp-shinned, I'm not as a certain. Please feel free to weigh in!

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