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Project Noah Nature School
Accipiter cooperii
A educational animal at the Nature Center. This hawk can't be released as it is unable to fly after a collision with a vehicle.
Chattanooga Nature Center
Spotted on Jan 27, 2013
Submitted on Jan 28, 2013
12 Comments
Thanks Jemma!
lovely.
Thank you Filipe! It was a real privilege to get to see this bird as we were told Cooper's hawks tend to be very nervous around people & rarely make good educational birds.
Great shot! The sharpness of the eye is fantastic.
This guy was very nervous, but he was very well behaved Christy.
Wow!! After all the coops I've seen go thru our facility, we've never had one whose temperament was suited to be an educational bird...they all seem so crazy/spastic/bonkers...etc!! Wonderful!! ;-)
Thanks EnvUnlimited!
Thanks Guys! This was a captive bird so we were able to get really close.
lovely!!
great close-ups !
Great shots :)
I finally saw my first one of these a few days ago, but it was a juvenile. He was very curious of me and let me get really close, but I can't wait to see an adult! Beautiful photographs of such a pretty bird :)