Participant Photo: Cooper’s Hawk on a branch adjacent to our bird feeders on February 8, 2024.

This gorgeous hawk landed on the bare branch of a tree adjacent to our 18 feeders and a heated birdbath. It rested there, scanning the area side to side and up and down, for approximately five minutes, then rose up and soared majestically away.
There had been birds on the feeders and lawn, but when the hawk arrived they flew up into a tall evergreen tree. After the hawk left they returned to their usual activities.