Cooper’s Hawk

It was a rainy, foggy, cold afternoon when I spotted this raptor perched high in an old tree.  He was surveying the open field below for his next meal.  Unfortunately for bird lover’s, one of the mainstays of this guy’s diet is smaller birds.  We have seen him dive bomb our back yard trying to catch sparrows in his long, sharp talons.  As far as we know, he has not been very successful using these tactics.  He is a beautiful bird, and we must remember the first law of Nature…survival of the fittest.