As I was in the dining area this morning something a little larger than the usual avian and mammalian denizens on and underneath the bird feeder flew in and landed on the deck rail. Everything else at the feeder vanished immediately. This is a juvenile Coopers Hawk looking for a meal- you put bird feeders up, and sometimes what you attract becomes a meal itself. The juvenile Coopers have a low survival rate- while they're learning to feed themselves they miss on about four out of five attempts.
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