Tuesday, October 13, 2009
I saw one of these guy while out walking early today. After some searching I found out he or she is a Sharp Skinned Hawk. But looking up the description it might well as been a female Cooper's hawk because they are larger especially the females. It looked huge, slowly cruising right at me on Grant ave then banked right, up Mendez about twelve feet off the ground wings spread wide exposing this beautiful light underbelly.
She was not at all frightened and landed on a low branch on Palmer and Mendez with a limp squirrel in her talons. When I walked up the street to watch she was tearing up her catch.
I saw one of these guy while out walking early today. After some searching I found out he or she is a Sharp Skinned Hawk. But looking up the description it might well as been a female Cooper's hawk because they are larger especially the females. It looked huge, slowly cruising right at me on Grant ave then banked right, up Mendez about twelve feet off the ground wings spread wide exposing this beautiful light underbelly.
She was not at all frightened and landed on a low branch on Palmer and Mendez with a limp squirrel in her talons. When I walked up the street to watch she was tearing up her catch.
Wikipedia address for Cooper's Hawk
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooper%27s_Hawk