Friday, October 10, 2008

A couple of Cooper's hawks have taken to visiting my pond area in the morning. One is an adult, the other a juvenile, and neither is banded. I do not know their sexes, but they are beautiful, magnificent, fierce birds.

This morning the juvenile landed by the pond and drank so I could get a good look at it. Then it flew up to the fence, posed some more, and flew away.

Every morning now I find piles of feathers--dove or quail (*sob*).

This photo is from a couple of years ago. The hawk in the photo was banded. What gorgeous, dangerous creatures these are!

1 comment:

  1. Anonymous10:56 AM

    Gee, guess your pond is a good feeding ground. ;-( I was hoping we could watch the quail roost some evening when I am in town. Hope you will be around. See you soon.

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