Cooper's Hawk

There was a hawk in our yard yesterday morning. It was a Cooper's Hawk. Even though they eat other birds and rodents, they are beautiful birds. And, they have to eat too, you know.

He was walking around the bird feeder. Then he flew up onto electrical boxes near our yard. Birds were flying and bumping into him, and he was ducking real low. He flew over to our neighbor's swingset and just sat there for a long time.

Suddenly, a baby bunny comes out of one of our bushes. The hawk swarmed down and started to chase the bunny all around our yard. Baby bunny was fighting for his life and finally got away into the bush. I do realize the hawk will starve if he doesn't get food...I just don't want to see it in my yard.

A Cooper's Hawk is a very interesting bird. Here's a picture of one:

Look at his eyes! So serious...it's like he has eyes like a hawk! Oh wait... :)