Another Cooper’s Hawk attack around our bird feeders on November 22, 2016. This time by a juvenile, probably female hawk (due to large size) that swooped in on our birds and then chased them into a nearby leaf and brush pile I have made for sparrows and other birds to hide in for just this kind of circumstance among other reasons the little feathered friends need a place to hide!
Juvenile Cooper’s Hawk
The Cooper’s Hawk staring into leaves and brush trying to spot small birds hiding in there 640×480-20161122-40
Cooper’s Hawk from behind as it hops around the brush pile 640×480-20161122-41
Cooper’s Hawk peering under leaves and brush trying to spot small birds 640×480-20161122-43
Cooper’s hawk listening to rustling from small birds hiding in the brush and leaf pile 640×480-20161122-44
Leaf and brush pile by our garage for the little birds to hide in 20161122-45
Cooper’s Hawk from the front on our brush pile 640×480-20161122-39
No birds out back for awhile earlier today. I went out the back door expecting a feral cat lurking. Instead, a young Cooper’s Hawk soared off our roof and back around the big willow tree!
No birds outside so I step out the door expecting the yellow feral cat only to once again spook a small Cooper’s Hawk out of the pine tree on the edge of our deck.
Sometimes it is easy to tell the difference between a smaller Downy and larger Hairy Woodpecker but here are some woodpecker pictures showing how to tell the difference easily between the two woodpeckers without going just by size.
I keep watching the vast array of House Finches looking for a Purple Finch among them to no avail so far. But some of the male House Finches are somewhat beautiful though common as House Sparrows