As luck would have it, I had my camera with me today while walking in the late fall sunshine and unseasonably warm air.
This immature Cooper’s Hawk swooped in, as if on cue, and perched in the tree above for a long time, oblivious to my footsteps rustling in the leaves below as I jostled for a good sight line.
Cooper's Hawk
we had the opportunity to watch the backside of a Cooper’s hawk perched on our back fence yesterday; a large grey squirrel tried to scold him away but he merely rotated his head and regarded him with disdain; the squirrel went on to other pastures