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Cooper's hawk Accipiter cooperii
SELF | Jan 20,2009 | swampsniper

Posted on 01/20/2009 6:55:22 PM PST by 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!



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1 posted on 01/20/2009 6:55:22 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER
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To: lawnguy; pandoraou812; Daffynition; barker; ferri; gjeiii; genefromjersey; texas booster; ...

Pinglist


2 posted on 01/20/2009 6:56:31 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

Just wow. What beauty.


3 posted on 01/20/2009 6:57:58 PM PST by rlmorel ("A barrel of monkeys is not fun. In fact, a barrel of monkeys can be quite terrifying!")
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nice stuff as usual, ss.


4 posted on 01/20/2009 6:58:14 PM PST by the invisib1e hand (revolution is in the air.)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

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


5 posted on 01/20/2009 6:58:23 PM PST by 50cal Smokepole (Hey Al Gore! Get your fat carcass over here and shovel all this global warming off my driveway!)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

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)


6 posted on 01/20/2009 7:00:50 PM PST by KosmicKitty (WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

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


7 posted on 01/20/2009 7:03:04 PM PST by pandoraou812 (Don't play leapfrog with a unicorn! ...........^............)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER
That is the very essence of alert. Beautiful picture.

You are really developing a body of work!

8 posted on 01/20/2009 7:04:38 PM PST by lawnguy (The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil-Cicero)
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Great shots SWAMPSNIPER! Thanks.


9 posted on 01/20/2009 7:07:53 PM PST by PGalt
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

Groovy. Beautiful pics.


10 posted on 01/20/2009 7:08:37 PM PST by Dinah Lord (fighting the Islamofascist Jihad - one keystroke at a time...)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

Great pics. What kind of equipment are you using?


11 posted on 01/20/2009 7:09:09 PM PST by irishtenor (Check out my blog at http://boompa53.blogspot.com/)
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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.

12 posted on 01/20/2009 7:12:06 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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ping


13 posted on 01/20/2009 7:13:23 PM PST by Monsieur Poirot
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That's simply too beautiful, Swampsniper. A beautiful bird like that in a sky so blue reaffirms once again my faith in God.

14 posted on 01/20/2009 7:13:23 PM PST by bd476
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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!


15 posted on 01/20/2009 7:15:09 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (THE SECOND AMENDMENT, A MATTER OF FACT, NOT A MATTER OF OPINION)
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To: KosmicKitty
I think you may be right. Looking for the white tail tips. He may be too young to tell.
16 posted on 01/20/2009 7:16:39 PM PST by Daffynition ("Beauty is in the sty of the beholder." ~ Joe 6-pack)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

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.


17 posted on 01/20/2009 7:22:03 PM PST by listenhillary (Socialists ~ Consuming the fruit of capitalists for more than 80 years!)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

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.


18 posted on 01/20/2009 7:23:07 PM PST by irishtenor (Check out my blog at http://boompa53.blogspot.com/)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

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.


19 posted on 01/20/2009 7:24:45 PM PST by GSP.FAN
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I have a FZ30. Hopefully mine will not go Microsoft wacko on me.

I also have an FZ-5, FZ-18


20 posted on 01/20/2009 7:25:25 PM PST by listenhillary (Socialists ~ Consuming the fruit of capitalists for more than 80 years!)
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