[lablover27]

This young fella paid us a visit a few weeks ago. I think he found a buffet in my wife’s feeders. Sad, but it happens. He stopped long enough for me to capture this quite rushed. Please ignore the backyard neighbors windows

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[Nimi]

She's feeding hawks!

 

[lablover27]

She's feeding hawks!

No

she’s feeding sparrows and yard birds. This guy found it as a feeding ground one day

 

[lablover27]

Nice young Cooper's Hawk. Seems cruel but over 70% of Raptors don't survive their first year, many die of starvation in that first year.

Agree, exactly what I told my wife. She was not happy when it happened but has now accepted it. It does show up now and again but haven’t seen him get lucky. Honestly he’s a clumsy hunter being so young

 

[jeffnles1]

we have a couple Cooper's in our neighborhood that grab doves around our feeder from time to time. I say "we feed the doves, the doves feed the hawks". Bottom line, the hawk has to eat the same as the song birds. It all works out in the end.