Cooper's Calling Card
Looks like the calling card of a Cooper’s Hawk in our backyard...
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Apparently, Mourning Dove...
A little later the predator perches in our maple tree...
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All images © 2005 Michael McDowell
posted by Mike McDowell @ 8:21 AM
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3 Comments:
The past few days I had a blast finding several kill sites during 2 of our CBCs. I should have taken pictures - I just love yours!
Mike: If that is the guilty party, it would possess a bulging crop from its meal of plump dove. As you know, all bird eating raptors temporarily store their meals in a crop that conspicuously expands following a fresh kill. As always, the images are superb!
On one hand, the pictures were taken several hours apart, but later on an adult Cooper's Hawk showed up. However, I suspect there may be 3 or 4 different Cooper's Hawks in our neighborhood that visit our backyard on a regular basis.
Cheers,
Mike
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