An immature Cooper’s Hawk has been hanging around beside the house for the past week. Its usual perch is atop the stump of a limb rising from the body of a downed Silver Maple. This puts the hawk in plain sight about 5 feet above the ground and 15 feet from my bird feeder.
Intermittent showers from the remnants of hurricane Irma have kept the young hawk looking rather bedraggled the last two days.
The hawk is vigilant about checking out any animal movement nearby. A pair of Cooper’s Hawks has been hunting around the bird feeder for years. It’s possible that this bird first visited here with its parents.
This may seem like the best place to sit and wait for a meal to come by, but it doesn’t work at all.
The above is a short video highlighting some of the hawk’s behavior. Mostly looking and preening, with a nice tail fan in the last half. The video was filmed from inside the house, so there are no interesting nature sounds to be heard.
No comments:
Post a Comment