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Accipiter cooperii
Roughly 20 inch length. This young hawk has an injured/infected left eye. He is either extremely "tame" or not well. Has been catching many sparrows from the neighbor's feeder, but allows us to get within 15-20 feet without looking upset, At one point he flew over my head, wings brushing my hair gently
I ended up taking 92 photos and whittling my collection of this bird down to about 50. I'll have two spottings worth.
Spotted on Sep 7, 2014
Submitted on Sep 10, 2014
9 Comments
I'm only there once a week - and not at all this weekend. And rumor has it our local rehabber is going under :(
You might check with local wildlife rehabilitators if there is anything further than needs to be done. If s/he is still able to fly and catch and eat prey, that is good. But keep an eye out in case the bird becomes more debilitated. Sometimes they just need a little extra TLC.
Yes very sad :( Hope for the best for this youngster!
Now that's sad. My mom's area has quite a few house sparrows, but I haven't seen any looking ill. They're all quite robust and happy. I will have her let her neighbor know to watch for it
He may have picked up avian conjunctivitis or worse from eating feeder birds :( http://www.birds.cornell.edu/hofi/recogn...
Thank you. His lack of fear was amazing, unsettling even.
Gorgeous images
Beautiful subject and very cooperative. I wish they were all this easy to capture! http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/807... this is my other series, taken at my mom's house. I got a couple really nice close ups
Great spotting Karen,beautifull portrait,congrats and thanks for sharing