The Sharpie

    
                   The juvenile sharp-shinned hawk, beady eyed, there and then off to catch something.

Bye bye birdy

Winter diet

              Seeds, seeds, glorious seeds.... cardinal and white throated sparrow. Chomp.

"Playing" with twigs

These are from my archive. Part of growing up involves exploring things on the ground. There can be edibles under logs and twigs/logs become strong nests.  Fun to watch as young hawk seemingly bounces off the trees.
 

                                           Well, at least somebody found something to eat.

Time for lunch

     Lunchtime. The cooper's hawk is a superb hunter, only kills for food.... dove, cardinal, pigeons.
 

The coopers

 I've been busy working on other projects so have not posted birds for a few days. These are from my archives, winter month Cooper's hawks, gorgeous intense hunters.

Back into the files

                 February 2005, hawk watching.  Hawk checking twigs and food searching.
 

                                              The only one who found food that day.

Drill masters

The yellow bellied sapsuckers are at it,   drill drill.
 

I won't be posting every day. Time to explore other activities a bit.