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| A Cooper's Hawk in Our Backyard |
Angie called up to the office, “There’s a hawk in the
backyard if you want to see it.” I scurried down the steps, grabbing my camera
near the backdoor on the way. Just at the tree line was beautiful cooper’s hawk
probably scouting the birds who frequent ours and our neighbors’ birdfeeders. I
snapped a few photos through the window, which were not good. I opened the
sliding door to the backyard, using my leg to prevent Coco from going out. I indicated
to her that she was likely too big to be a target of the hawk, but any interaction
with it would not be good. I took a few more pictures, each time I did the hawk
instinctively turned its head to determine the source of the sound. It was
patient, but as I approached the edge of the porch it sensed I was potentially dangerous
and flew away.
About an hour later, when I was walking the neighborhood,
the cries of crows caught my attention. In the middle of the field between the
houses and the grocery store parking lot, I saw two insistent crows badgering a
hawk in a lone small tree. Whether it was the same bird that visited our
backyard a little while before was impossible to tell. As the hawk took flight,
the two crows took turns nipping at its tailfeathers. The poor hawk: looking
for a little subsistence on a cold day and finding only intrusion and
interference.
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