A Cooper's Hawk waits on a tree near my bird feeder today. As much as I wanted this hawk to eat, I didn't want him to grab one of the black-capped chickadees or cardinals. They were smart enough to stay away today.
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Catherine Sherman 
He is beautiful. What a great photo!
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Oh, what a beauty! I put up with mice and voles and the like hoping to keep the hawks and owls in my neighborhood.
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He’s beautiful! I never noticed they have lime green beaks. Little stinker, trying to eat a chickadee.
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Wow! What an amazing shot! Love the talons. Congratulations!
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Did you use a powerful zoom lens for this? Up close and… not too personal. I like the clarity of the picture, perching on guard for prey.
I used an AF-S NIKKOR 55-200mm lens, a telephoto. I was lucky that the bird was about ten feet away on the branch outside my kitchen window. I shot through the rain splattered window and then heavily cropped the photo. I was lucky the hawk stayed there so long and posed so nicely. Cathy
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That is a gorgeous photo of a beautiful hawk. I like the look on his face. I love how the hawk is in focus then it goes out of focus to the background. Beautiful work!
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Beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
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Wow – what a great shot! We have seen a hawk or two in our backyard, but seems like by the time we run for the camera, they’ve flown the coop! I love hawks. They seem to perch in the most interesting places. I once saw one perched near an overpass on the highway – I swear there was nothing but concrete all around. That would have made an interesting photo, eh? Thanks for this post. Have a great Thanksgiving!
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That is beautiful picture. You are a fantastic photographer.
We were entertained by much smaller birds during our Thanksgiving dinner. The Hummingbirds complained loudly that their feeders were empty.
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Nice shot! Thanks for the identification tips. I’m not likely to progress much further than “little brown bird” but you’ve motivated me to think about trying.
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We have hawks here too, though I couldn’t tell you just what kind. One tried to spirit away our rabbit Emily years ago, but she did some major Kung Fu moves with her feet. She lost a little fur and the hawk lost some feathers.
This week we’re reading “Urban Roosts,” which talks about all kinds of birds. Several years back I had a student named Cooper and he was convinced this bird had been named for him.
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