Why My Birdfeeder Is A Ghost Town

peargrinpeargrin Registered Users Posts: 191 Major grins
edited September 23, 2011 in Wildlife
I think it's a juvenile Cooper's Hawk? It seemed big enough... Does anyone know?

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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited September 15, 2011
    Good capture, I would agree with your ID.
    Harry
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  • dbaker1221dbaker1221 Registered Users Posts: 4,482 Major grins
    edited September 16, 2011
    I agree also..looks like the one that hangs around my house from time to time. Good capture!
    **If I keep shooting, I'm bound to hit something**
    Dave
  • NetgardenNetgarden Registered Users Posts: 829 Major grins
    edited September 17, 2011
    I've got one also chattering away at me on occasion. He started hanging around when my cat was a kitten. One day I swear he was swearing away at me because he didn't have a clue how to get the full grown cat. Kept following over her. She's big enough to hold her own now, and I'm afraid no one wants to mess with her now. But the Cooper still comes by due to the bird feeder.

    Look around in your area he might have a family and nest somewhere. I found 3 babies last year nearby, and 4 this year!
    .Linda's OCwildlife Galleries
  • leilanimrleilanimr Registered Users Posts: 200 Major grins
    edited September 17, 2011
    We lost a number of songbirds and doves due to hawks, not something I care to witness in my backyard. Now when a hawk sets it sites on an easy meal the feeders are taken down until the hawk moves on.

    Good shot, it is a beautiful bird.
    Leilani M Ramsey
    http://leilanimr.smugmug.com
  • YaflyyadieYaflyyadie Registered Users Posts: 558 Major grins
    edited September 17, 2011
    Very nice picture, lots of detail.
    Right background for its color.
    Y.
  • peargrinpeargrin Registered Users Posts: 191 Major grins
    edited September 17, 2011
    Hi Harry, many thanks for the nice review and confirmation on the ID! Very appreciated!

    Hi Dave, thanks so much! This is the first time we've seen one around the house...lucky you!

    Hi Linda, and yikes on the cat story! Wouldn't want to take bets on the outcome of that match! Thanks for the tip on looking for a nest...great idea!

    Hi Leilani, that sounds awful! I can't blame you for taking your feeders down. This is a young, not so stealthy one, and the songbirds seemed to vacate for the day. I don't want him eating "my" birds, but I still hope he found something to eat...go figure :). Many thanks for the kind comments!

    Hi Yaflyyadie, many thanks for the very kind review!

    Thanks so much for stopping by everyone!

    pear

    http://peargrin.smugmug.com
  • korandokekorandoke Registered Users Posts: 517 Major grins
    edited September 18, 2011
    very nice shot
    Best regards,
    Korandoke
  • peargrinpeargrin Registered Users Posts: 191 Major grins
    edited September 19, 2011
    Hi Korandoke, many thanks! I'm so happy you like it! Cheers, pear
  • fool4thecityfool4thecity Registered Users Posts: 632 Major grins
    edited September 19, 2011
    Nice shot. Don't take down your feeders, capture an action shot.
    www.mikeklarich.com
  • Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
    edited September 21, 2011
    Coopers Hawk it is, and no wonder the birds are not around with this guy in the tree. Nice capture.
    Regards - Dennis

    Dennis Kaczor Photography
  • peargrinpeargrin Registered Users Posts: 191 Major grins
    edited September 23, 2011
    Hi Mike, many thanks! I shouldn't feel this way but, yikes, that would be too much action for me... :(. A heron with a fish is about my speed...

    Hi Denis, thanks so much! You've got it...those chickadees are no dummies! :)

    Cheers, pear
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