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squirrelygirl

A throw back to two summers ago. This was amazing getting to watch these hawks fledge so up close and personal. For a few weeks the backyard was hawks all the time

Two young Cooper’s hawks trying to figure out the ins and outs of hawking. They perch on a fence dividing yards surrounded by a high growth of wildflowers because we had a lot of rain that year, they look at each other as if to say I don’t know what to do, do you know what to do? The larger one had just been demonstrating how to attack a stick
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squirrelygirl

@scozmos we’ve had fledglings the last three years in a row, but two years ago there were a LOT of them 😆 It’s very neat to watch

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Ian M. Noone

@Catlynn @loren Cooper's or sharp-shinned? We have both here and I usually assume the former if I can't make out the size adequately

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squirrelygirl

@ianmnoone @loren I think they are Cooper’s but I could definitely be wrong 😄

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Ian M. Noone

@Catlynn @loren Honestly, they're hard to differentiate, but I generally go by: pigeon-sized = sharp-shinned, larger than that = Cooper's. We actually had a Cooper's get into our chicken yard recently through a gap in the mesh cover.

They're not quite as effective at hunting when they lose the moment of surprise, so my smallest and feistiest hen went on the attack while my husband was trying to shoo it out and also not get attacked by the rooster. I have since zip-tied the gaps closed to prevent a repeat

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