Our resident Cooper's Hawk made an attack on the local bird life, but missed. An explosion of doves and quails alerted me.
Rain is a rare event here in the desert, so that may have played a part in the miss.
When it flew to the fence, it spread its wings to dry off.
Either its neck was wet or it saw something overhead. As he dried out he relaxed his wingspread a bit.
The hawk regularly hunts this neighborhood, but is usually not this accommodating to pictures. I took all the pictures I wanted at a respectful distance.
A moment later a misguided dove landed on the roof in the Cooper's Hawk's sight lines. The Cooper's Hawk took off in a burst of speed.
The dove got away again and the Cooper's drifted down into the desert... hungry.
Allan
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