Shortly after sunrise I noticed that my feeder area was being stalked by a raptor. As the morning sun shined brightly the raptor, a Cooper's Hawk, perched itself on top of my feeders.
Photographs taken on 13 November 2018.
Original Photo: Canon EOS 7D; f/20; 1/25 sec.; ISO-100; 300mm
Cooper's Hawk
Range Map
Image Source
For more information the Cooper's Hawk see All About Birds.
Perched Above the Bird Feeders
This Cooper's Hawk was perched above my bird feeders for over 10 minutes. I was able to take a few pictures and a movie. However, I was photographing toward the sun. These photos and the movie have been edited to correct for the bright background and enhance the features of the hawk.
Original Photo: Canon EOS 7D; f/20; 1/25 sec.; ISO-100; 300mm
The hawk kept looking all around.
Timelapse 10 times normal speed
There was frost overnight. As the sunlight melted the frost off the black bird feeder hanger, the hawk lost its footing on the slick surface.
Snapshot from video
Snapshot from video
The hawk recovered from slipping.
Timelapse 2 times normal speed
Full Video
This is the full 7 minute 21 second video of the hawk watching over my bird feeders.
Music: "Can-Can" by Offenbach
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Photo Editing
Video editing performed with Adobe Primiere Elements 2018. Affiliate link to Amazon.com provided for your convenience.
A rare post. One of the reasons i love steemit. Thanks for the share.
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beautiful hawk, so well you photographed it, great photo
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Nice photography and video clips sir really great value for this special pic.
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Beautiful coopers hawk clicking and video clips. thanks for sharing mike sir.
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Excellent! Great photography, very sharp. Interesting species to observe: smart, wicked flyers, comically twisted between patient and not so much. great video, God bless you.
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Great photos and videos, my friend and this bird looks amazing! Thanks @etcmike
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wow you saw something great today thanks for sharing that
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Beautiful but deadly to other birds.
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Thank you for sharing this beautiful post of such an amazing predator.
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Nice bird photography thanks for sharing this post I like it good day.
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Wowwww such a beautiful photography 😊 and really beautiful cooper hawk 😍
Your post always really nice @etcmike 💕
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