Cooper's hawk Accipiter cooperii

SELF | Jan 20,2009 | swampsniper

[SWAMPSNIPER]

This is how I spent my day, too pretty to watch anything on TV!

This is an immature bird, I'm only 90% on the ID, several of the hawks have similar young.

I got through a whole day without being busted by a rentacop!

[SWAMPSNIPER]

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[rlmorel]

Just wow. What beauty.

[the invisib1e hand]

nice stuff as usual, ss.

[50cal Smokepole]

We have several nesting pairs here in WI. That sure looks like a Coopie, but the breast plumage tells all. Nice looking raptor.

[KosmicKitty]

I think that’s a red tail hawk

Cooper’s are more gray w/ yellow eyes

(Had a Cooper’s hawk fly right into the side of my house last spring with a mourning dove in its talons. He was stunned, but managed to fly off w/ the dove when I made a rescue attempt)

[pandoraou812]

As always, just beautiful. I was so mad when the rentacop told you not to take pictures. Shaking my head at that cop. Thanks

[lawnguy]

That is the very essence of alert. Beautiful picture.

You are really developing a body of work!

[PGalt]

Great shots SWAMPSNIPER! Thanks.

[Dinah Lord]

Groovy. Beautiful pics.

[irishtenor]

Great pics. What kind of equipment are you using?

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Thanks, I wish I could travel, I've about caught everything around here. I'm on a first name basis with most of the birds in St. John's County!

I looked at pics of the other similar sized raptors, not really many decent quality images online, and this one fits the immatureCooper's slot better than anywhere else.

[Monsieur Poirot]

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[bd476]

That's simply too beautiful, Swampsniper. A beautiful bird like that in a sky so blue reaffirms once again my faith in God.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

A Panasonic FZ-30. I’ve about worn out another camera, it’s starting to act like a Microsoft operating system, bursts of electronic insanity without warning!

[Daffynition]

I think you may be right. Looking for the white tail tips. He may be too young to tell.

[listenhillary]

Those are some outstanding pictures. My wife and I like to go out and spot hawks on our week-end drives. Usually we see about 15 to 20 in an afternoon. We get Cooper hawks, lots of redtails, sharp shinned, lots of kestrels. Occasional merlin’s and harrier’s.

I’m not the I.D. expert though.

[irishtenor]

Great job. I used to take pictures, with a Pentax K1000. I haven’t used one of the new digitals, except for the pocket one I use for trips and such. I was thinking about getting back into nature shots.

[GSP.FAN]

Great pics.
i see Red Tailed Hawks,White Tail Hawks,Kestrels and of course Buzzards every day and it brings a smile to my face.

I love predators,but will deal with the buzzards..
Once again thank you for the pics.

[listenhillary]

I have a FZ30. Hopefully mine will not go Microsoft wacko on me.

I also have an FZ-5, FZ-18