Description

This Cooper’s Hawk visited my backyard in the summer of 2016. Unfortunately for the hawk, it did not succeed in making a stealthy entrance onto the scene, and my usual feeder visitors immediately noticed the predator in their midst. Common Grackles stood watch in the treetops as a Northern Cardinal scolded the bird from a safe distance and Blue Jays sounded the alarm. A fearless Tufted Titmouse and a brave little Black-capped Chickadee both darted around the bird’s head, safe in the knowledge that with the element of surprise eliminated, the hawk wasn’t much of a threat to them. The hawk stayed in the tree for a while, glaring at the motley crew of birds pestering it from above, before finally giving up and leaving.

Category

Category 8: The Not So Usual Suspects

Species

• Cooper's Hawk

Tags

• Hawk
• raptor
• COHA
• Cooper's Hawk
• Accipiter
• New York
• Long Island