I snuck up on a Coopers Hawk today

Pogo · 12-16-2017, 04:36 PM

It warmed up a bit so I went for a short hike. I spotted a Coopers Hawk zooming around in the brush. Apparently he was trying to catch a rodent the was hiding in the leaves. He was busy concentrating on the rodent and didn't notice me quietely walking up on it. I could have kicked it.

When I snapped this picture he heard it and was gone in a flash.

I've never got this close to a hawk before.

Coopers Hawk by John Danley, on Flickr

RTO · 12-16-2017, 05:40 PM

Great shot!

You could have put salt on his tail.

10 Bears · 12-16-2017, 07:07 PM

Awesome catch John! Well done.

dinkydow · 12-16-2017, 09:52 PM

Raptors are bad to the bone. Driving along...I noticed a bunny sitting alongside the road...a redtail hawk used the moving car in front of me to block the rabbits view of him zooming down for the kill. As the car in front passed the bunny...BAM! The hawk had him and was flapping for altitude. It was pretty amazing really.

4thIDvet · 12-16-2017, 09:59 PM

Great shot Pogo.

Marine Lee's hawk you got the picture of is here everyday catching little lizards on my front lawn. They really ain't afraid of to many things including humans cause once this girl goes in for the kill she could care less if I am their.
Bald eagle was eating a dead raccoon up the road here in the middle of a pack of buzzards. By the time I got my crippled ass up their with the camera they were gone.

4thIDvet · 12-16-2017, 10:51 PM

Woman snaps amazing photos of deer wandering into Colorado store

http://www.foxnews.com/great-outdoor...ado-store.html

A friend up the road here had a little tiny fawn just show up on his back porch. Mom must have been hurt or something? He nursed her got her healthy and she came and went living on his porch "door always open" for a year before finding a boyfriend.
His big pooch and the deer walked the neighborhood together and were best buddies.

12-16-2017, 04:36 PM	#1
Pogo Mystic Knight of the Sea Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Great Swamp Posts: 81,997	I snuck up on a Coopers Hawk today It warmed up a bit so I went for a short hike. I spotted a Coopers Hawk zooming around in the brush. Apparently he was trying to catch a rodent the was hiding in the leaves. He was busy concentrating on the rodent and didn't notice me quietely walking up on it. I could have kicked it. When I snapped this picture he heard it and was gone in a flash. I've never got this close to a hawk before. Coopers Hawk by John Danley, on Flickr __________________ .................................................. ....................................… *We have met the enemy, and he is us!*

12-16-2017, 05:40 PM	#2
RTO Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Flarda Posts: 29,605	Great shot! You could have put salt on his tail. __________________ 3 Make America Like Florida

12-16-2017, 09:52 PM	#4
dinkydow Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Great White North Posts: 96,514	Raptors are bad to the bone. Driving along...I noticed a bunny sitting alongside the road...a redtail hawk used the moving car in front of me to block the rabbits view of him zooming down for the kill. As the car in front passed the bunny...BAM! The hawk had him and was flapping for altitude. It was pretty amazing really. __________________ Our forefathers would have already been shooting...by now. "Let your plans be dark and as impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt." "Violence of action means the unrestricted use of speed,strength, surprise and aggression to achieve total dominance against your enemy...any fighting technique is useless unless you totally commit to violence of action." Burning huts in commy vills worldwide since 1968

12-16-2017, 09:59 PM	#5
4thIDvet slug Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Astor Florida Posts: 48,508	Great shot Pogo. Marine Lee's hawk you got the picture of is here everyday catching little lizards on my front lawn. They really ain't afraid of to many things including humans cause once this girl goes in for the kill she could care less if I am their. Bald eagle was eating a dead raccoon up the road here in the middle of a pack of buzzards. By the time I got my crippled ass up their with the camera they were gone. __________________ God Bless Americas Veterans. All who are serving and have served.

12-16-2017, 10:51 PM	#6
4thIDvet slug Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Astor Florida Posts: 48,508	Here yah go Pogo check this one out. Woman snaps amazing photos of deer wandering into Colorado store http://www.foxnews.com/great-outdoor...ado-store.html A friend up the road here had a little tiny fawn just show up on his back porch. Mom must have been hurt or something? He nursed her got her healthy and she came and went living on his porch "door always open" for a year before finding a boyfriend. His big pooch and the deer walked the neighborhood together and were best buddies.

12-16-2017, 07:07 PM	#3
10 Bears Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: E-Da-How Posts: 137,846	Awesome catch John! Well done.