After reading about yesterday's sighing of an American Bittern at Colonel Sam Smith Park I went there this morning; hoping to add another one in my lifers list. No luck finding the Bittern during my stay between 10 and 12. Some mentioned that it showed up earlier at 9 AM. However, a juvenile Copper's Hawk entertained a few of us when he tried unsuccessfully, first catching a black squirrel in the wooded section and then a Lesser Yellowlegs in the pond, north east of the parking lot. Every time he came close, the Yellowlegs would move into deeper water and the hawk didn't know what to do at that point. Here are a few shots from that entertaining episode.
1. Cooper's going after the Yellowlegs
2. Another attempt
3. At the end it flew away into the woods.
