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Photo of the Week: Cooper’s Hawk at Belle Isle State Park

February 21, 2021 By Deborah Edwards-Onoro Leave a Comment

medium-sized brown-barred white-breasted hawk perches on bare branch.

One of the first things you learn as a birder is to look up to see the birds.

And in winter, it’s a lot easier to look for birds in the trees and shrubs: there are no leaves to hide the birds.

When I noticed the sounds of animals along the trail at Detroit’s Belle Isle State Park had suddenly gone quiet, I knew there had to be a reason. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Cooper’s Hawk at Belle Isle State Park

Filed Under: Michigan, Nature Tagged With: Belle Isle State Park, birding, birds, Cooper's Hawk, hawks, photo of the week

Photo of the Week: Cooper’s Hawk on the Prowl

March 17, 2019 By Deborah Edwards-Onoro

small gray hawk with copper barring on its breast perches calmly on a tree branch at dusk.

After a long and successful day of birdwatching, I returned home last night just before dusk.

The sun’s golden orb shone so brightly from the west, I could barely see vehicles in front of me.

Let alone the traffic signal lights.

Since I was only a few miles from home, I drove my car into our local furniture store parking lot off the main road to wait for the sun to set.

Turning the corner to park my car in the parking lot I caught a slight movement. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Cooper’s Hawk on the Prowl

Filed Under: Nature Tagged With: birding, birds, Cooper's Hawk, photo of the week, raptors

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