Saturday, August 16, 2014

More Cooper's

The dogs and I went back to that same section of my development where the Cooper's had been frequenting and explored the area more thoroughly.  I had actually noticed a decent amount of feathers around lately, but now I realized there were some feathers scattered under almost every tree.  So many in fact, that it makes me wonder if there are more than one using this spot as a home or hunting ground.  There were even the remnants of a few pellets I believe the young hawk(s) had regurgitated. Sure enough, the juvenile accipiter was perched in one of the same trees I had seen it hidden in previously, in the middle of a small courtyard with numerous trees for perching, hunting or eating.  More feathers here, but the bird spooked to a different tree so I decided to let it be.  We circled around the nearby house to go home, spotting feathers under basically every tree we passed.  Coming around the corner, the bird flew down into the first tree I had gotten a good look and caused it to lose its dove lunch.  I felt as if it was watching us now.  I dropped off the dogs and when I drove out in my car shortly afterwards and slowed down through the dip, it flew out of that tree and right in front of my car. Could it actually be observing me now? Or is it just another silly juvenile playing in our shared neighborhood?

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