Cooper's Hawk Bathing (1 Viewer)

AriadnesArt

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• Sep 18, 2003

• #1

Well, we've named him "Coop." He's every bit as handsome as Gary Cooper, after all (more, really). He comes almost every day and takes marvelous undignified baths in our birdbath. He has made a few tries at the Mourning Doves, but our yard doesn't have enough open area for him to make a success of it, and they do get away easily. Of course, he needs to eat, too. I just don't feel comfortable handing him a live bird on a silver platter, so to speak. Anyway, here he is. I have literally hundreds of pix of him, many series of him bathing, but because I can only upload one per post in this forum, it's difficult to show a series here.

 

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AriadnesArt

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• Sep 18, 2003

• #2

Here he is again:

 

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AriadnesArt

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• Sep 18, 2003

• #3

And once more--this one is going into our Annual Photographers of Wet Canvas calendar this year:

 

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KC Foggin

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• Sep 18, 2003

• #4

What a treat this must be for you to watch. I know I would be grinning from ear to ear.

 

AriadnesArt

Well-known member

• Sep 18, 2003

• #5

KCFoggin said:

What a treat this must be for you to watch. I know I would be grinning from ear to ear.

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Yes, an unbelievable treat. Can't believe how fortunate I've been these past 5 or 6 months to be able to observe him from just 15 feet away, and so often. He's even gotten somewhat used to my presence and I've been able to approach him even closer as he watched but remained at the bath. And he's left a few gorgeous feathers around on my lawn, as well.

BTW, I forgot to mention that these photos were taken with the Canon D60, Canon 75-300 IS USM lens.

 

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crowfeather

New member

• Sep 23, 2003

• #6

what a cutie!!! Thank you for the amazing picture!

 

Geraldine

Martian Member

• Sep 23, 2003

• #7

Wonderful photos, Eileen! THank you for sharing them. I would never get anything done, if I had him to watch in my garden!

 

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Dianne

Well-known member

• Sep 23, 2003

• #8

Really Great Shots!! Thanks for sharing...it made me smile just to see them!

 

Leslie

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• Oct 3, 2003

• #9

Wow! This is so cool. I've never seen a raptor bathing, let alone bathing in a bird bath! Great shots!

Leslie

 

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Lihu_Xiong

Well-known member

• Oct 9, 2003

• #10

Nice shot and I'd to say you are so lucky, AriadnesArt. I'd never had a chance visiting a raptor so close.

But What is the scientific name of the raptor?

Lihu

 

Michael Frankis

conehead

• Oct 9, 2003

• #11

Hi Lihu,

Accipiter cooperii. Native to most of North America.

Michael

 

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Beverlybaynes

Mod Squad

• Oct 9, 2003

• #12

How did I miss these photos earlier? They are WONDERFUL!!

And I just love the idea of a Coop bathing in a 'undignified' manner -- how funny!

 

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Lihu_Xiong

Well-known member

• Oct 9, 2003

• #13

Thank you, Michael!^_^

 

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jayhunter

Well-known member

• Oct 9, 2003

• #14

Yes I agree with Geraldine if I had such a bird visiting my garden on a regular basis you wouldn't drag me away from the windows. All I get is the occassional visit from my local Sparrow Hawk on the lookout for a tasty meal (Starling, Blackbird, House Sparrow etc.)

 

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Luc

Well-known member

• Oct 11, 2003

• #15

Here a useful site to find scientific name of any bird in the world. The site give informations in many languages.
By a click on " map " you'll see the range of that species.

Here the link :

http://www.bsc-eoc.org/avibase/avibase.jsp?lang=EN&pg=home

Three magnificent pictures of a superb bird. Thanks Eileen.

 

IanF

Moderator

• Oct 11, 2003

• #16

Lovely shots Eileen,

You are most fortunate to have such a bird visiting your garden let alone bathing there too :t:

A great set of photos as well.