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I spied someone on the deck railing recently, and as you can see… the royal feline was clueless.
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The someone was a juvenile Coopers Hawk.
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There’s good hunting under our bird feeders and this beauty was seriously interested.
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After ten minutes of me taking pictures and saying hey, there’s a big bird outside…
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His Lordship caught on.
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Hullo gawgeous!
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Raptors are fascinating creatures.
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And seeing one this close is a special experience.
❤️
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River's world..... 
Oh wow. I would have been in awe seeing one that close.
Beautiful.
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And he didn’t seem to mind my picture taking at all…
😊
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😊 He certainly looked content.
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Spectacular! You were blessed by the protection of Horus.
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I think Horus was a falcon, but yes… close enough.
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Well, at least it wasn’t a vulture hanging out near an intensive care unit…
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Much less stressful, I agree.
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Well dang it, I’ve spent the last 8 minutes trying to embed into this comment a photo of a similar bird of prey sitting on the edge of our roof from just a week ago, but technology has kicked my butt again. Ah well. Cool bird.
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I’ve never been able to embed pics in the comments here. But thanks for trying…
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Great pictures .. and you’re so right about raptors. All birds in fact, but raptors especially.
(Ceeteejackson – logged in with another of my blogs. 🙂 )
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Hello!
Glad you identified yourself, almost though I had a new friend.
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😂
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Well, that’ll keep the red squirrel off your patio.
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I hope!
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He seemed to be minding his own business — or silently making plans for future visits. Or naybe he was just confused by the “No Violence” atmosphere of your hideaway. Beautiful bird!
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He was quite happy
I’m hoping he comes back..
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So pretty! Maybe a deterrent for Big Red?
Just last night, I was watching a Japanese mini-documentary about a mountainside where hundreds of people go to watch for (and photograph) migrating hawks. They were all sooo fascinated by hawks in general, not just when large groups appeared, that I felt bad for never photgraphing out neighborhood hawk. When I used to commute for work, I’d often see hawks perched on freeway lamp-posts.
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I love bird watching anyway, but this guy is special.
💕
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If only the red menace was around to pose with this beauty of prey! lol
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That would be worth framing.
Right before he eats her..
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That straight ahead look felt like ” I see you cat.”
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He might have.
Certainly wasn’t bothered by Dudley though…
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Yeah it wasn’t a scared look
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I hope Dudley understands he’s no match for that bird.
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He’s not a brave feline.
I think he knows…
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We’ve had a hawk around our property recently. Kind of worried he might be going after our koi.
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Oh…
You might be right.
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What a fantastic experience and great photos too.
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Thanks! It was…
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