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Birders

Cadfael

(1,342 posts) Tue Dec 26, 2023, 03:08 PM Dec 2023

A hawk at the bird bath! [View all]

I think it was a Cooper’s Hawk….when I opened up the front door to check him out he was eyeing up a grey squirrel on the bird feeder. I think the squirrel might have been able to take him.

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A hawk at the bird bath! [View all] Cadfael Dec 2023 OP

Very cool! Bayard Dec 2023 #1

Probably is a Cooper's hawk, I've seen a couple of them around here lately Walleye Dec 2023 #2

Hard telling on the squirrel. MOMFUDSKI Dec 2023 #3

Cooper's hawks are on the smallish side. Their primary prey are other birds and they spend most of their lives Texin Dec 2023 #12

i love that! barbtries Dec 2023 #4

Very cool! Goddessartist Dec 2023 #5

Sharp-shinned hawk. paleotn Dec 2023 #6

Looks like a coopers hawk to me. Grumpy Old Guy Dec 2023 #7

nice!. I am sure he/she had complete control of all water rights. Hawk vs. squirrel supper for the one with the talons Evolve Dammit Dec 2023 #8

amaiZing that it let u that close . AllaN01Bear Dec 2023 #9

My $ is on the hawk! GreenWave Dec 2023 #10

My money's on the hawk if it gets its claws in Captain Zero Dec 2023 #11

Me too Rebl2 Dec 2023 #16

Here's a still from later in the sequence Cadfael Dec 2023 #13

I heard a large bird hit a window mnhtnbb Dec 2023 #14

Lifeguard keithbvadu2 Dec 2023 #15