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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: aviator on December 05, 2010, 07:34:10 PM

Title: The Cooper's tail
Post by: aviator on December 05, 2010, 07:34:10 PM

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Post by: newfoundlander61 on December 05, 2010, 08:56:46 PM

Awesome look for sure.

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Post by: Misty01 on December 05, 2010, 10:43:25 PM

nice catch on the pose!
Crystal

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Post by: Sahria on December 05, 2010, 11:28:37 PM

Was the bird food guarding here? I saw some raptors do this during a presentation so I'm curious.

Title: The Cooper's tail
Post by: aviator on December 06, 2010, 08:50:16 AM

Thanks everyone. The Cooper's hawk had just caught and eaten a Blue Jay but didn't appear to have anything in its talons that I saw.

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Post by: lovetobird on December 07, 2010, 07:54:30 PM

Very nice tail spread, get a really good sense how long their tail feathers are

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Post by: ravynne40 on December 08, 2010, 08:53:39 AM

Gorgeous pose (how'd you get him to do that?? ;) -just kidding!

very very nice :)

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Post by: aviator on December 08, 2010, 06:58:56 PM

Thanks. I frequently have a Cooper's Hawk in a spruce not far from my bird feeder. He (she) has a different idea of  the purpose of the feeder. Blue Jays seem to be the usual prey and I even took a video of the bird having his meal with squirrels unconcernedly gathering nesting materials mere feet away

Title: Re: The Cooper's tail
Post by: Howieh on December 08, 2010, 07:29:13 PM

Quote from: "aviator"

Thanks everyone. The Cooper's hawk had just caught and eaten a Blue Jay but didn't appear to have anything in its talons that I saw.

Oh, no - don't tell me we just lost another pitcher!:)