Feathered Friday - A Cooper's Hawk visit on July 9th, 2017
Earlier today, when the eldest was outside with our dog Sandy, and was talking to us through our bedroom window, she looked up and said, "Look! A hawk! Oh wait - it's a crow." It somehow reminded me that when I was looking at my unedited bird photos for last week's Feathered Friday, I noticed I had a bunch from a Cooper's Hawk visit on July 9th, 2017.
Over the years, I've submitted a number of photos to the HawkWatch International Ask An Expert website, and I've gotten some amazing assistance with identifying the hawks in our neighborhood. So usually if I've labeled a photo, it's either because I've gotten confirmation from them, or I was confident enough that the hawk looked like another that had been ID'ed. All of which means I'm about 99.99% sure this is actually a Cooper's Hawk. 😜
I also found I had a handful from a hawk flyby in the spring of 2017, so I thought I'd include them here as well.
But before I get started with my latest contribution to the Feathered Friday tag that @melinda010100 has kept flying on the Steem blockchain, be sure to check out the post Melinda did for this week's Feathered Friday - she has some adorable Hairy Woodpeckers captures!
Now here are nine shots from July 9th, 2017, and five shots from March 2nd, 2017 from my rather large unedited photo collection (which is different from my other, rather large edited but not published photo collection 😜).
A Cooper's Hawk visit on July 9th, 2017 & some hawk flybys
Around 4pm this particular day, I looked out our bedroom window and spotted this beauty grooming himself on a tree branch (and I'm sure many of you recognize this branch, as it's made a number of appearances on my blog). He was so intent on the process that he didn't seem to mind when I ran outside with my camera.
Him noticing me noticing him.
We'd had a rainstorm earlier, and guessing from how he's shaking, he got a bit wet...
... and a bit cranky.
He took off and landed on a branch a bit further off.
I soon realized why...
... he wanted to spread his wings in the sunlight to dry!
I've shared a different shot of him drying off from these handful of shots...
....but not these three.
While I can tell from this shot that this is a hawk, it's not a clear enough capture to tell what kind
Since he was flying around, it was hard to zoom in to get a clear enough shot to ID
But still, there's something about a hawk silhouette against the sky...
...that never fails...
...to make me smile.
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The 'him noticing you noticed him' was way too adorable....
Indeed, how they spread their wings is simply magnificent!!!
Really beautiful shots you had captured.
😉
The shots of him drying out his wings
That’s pretty cool
And his noticing you noticing him belongs in a song 😉
Nice pics as always
For some reason, I actually got the song, "Knowing Me Knowing You" stuck in my head when I was captioning this, @kaerpediem. 😂 And thanks so much! 😊
And I had Genesis' That's All
But what I like is we both had songs in our heads ;D
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Ok I am seriously jealous dear, we have one here every few months and I never get to get it to sit down and let me take pictures but one day one day hahahahaha I love the colors
LOL! Sorry
not sorry@brittandjosie. As I've said bunches of times, I've been wicked spoiled by the wildlife on this property. Sending lots of good hawk juju your way! 😊You captured some great photos of the hawk when he turned around, @traciyork.
Thanks, @redheadpei! I got lucky that he was as interested in what I was doing, as I was in what he was doing. Much appreciate you kind words. 😊
99.99% accurate seems close enough to being sure to me and what great shots of them, and I do agree there is something so striking about the silhouette of a hwk flying over
Why am I not at all surprised that you'd appreciate hawk flybys too, @tattoodjay? 😊
And now you see why I was so jealous of the amazing shots you got. They are such amazing creatures to have in your viewfinder.
Ohh they truly are, I have been lucky to see that same hawk to more times but not up so close, now I am working in another building so will have less chance to see it
Amazing series of photos! Great captures of him drying his wings! I don't know if I have ever seen that before. Thanks for posting to #featheredfriday!
Oh, you captured every moment of it. Nice!
He was nice enough to let me, @rem-steem! And thanks! 😊
That hawk is beautiful. And yes, the silhouette of a hawk is very special. Now I know what a hawk looks like in the air. I'm afraid they all look like great big birds to me. I have no eye for birds! Plants. I can do plants.
I used to be the same, @owasco - it was only thanks to the incredible patience and generosity of a local birding group, as well as the awesome people at the HawkWatch group, that I eventually started to figure them out. And thanks so much! 😊
Great post and pictures, @traciyork! I love hawks. We have many here and I get totally excited when I’m driving and I see one perched on a telephone wire or flying through nearby trees. Your pictures are so incredible!
I'm the same way - we joke the hubby and our eldest are hawk whisperers, because it seems like they show on the wires whenever either one is driving. They are such amazing birds, and thank you so much! 😊