Cooper's Hawk

Well the birds have been wearing my feeders out with all the cold and snowy weather we have had this winter and I knew it was just a matter of time before the local predators noticed all the activity. Sorry this is not a very good shot but as with most things in nature, you just have to take what is offered. This Cooper's Hawk flew up in the oak tree above where I was refilling the feeders and stayed there long enough for me to go in the house and grab this quick shot through the window before it flew off again. Needless to say, the birds scattered for a while until the coast was clear again.

"The bird hunting a locust is unaware of the hawk hunting him."
               Proverb Quote

Soaring!

Immature Redtailed Hawk- Who hasn't at some time watched a bird soar in the sky and wish they could do the same?



"The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who...looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space...on the infinite highway of the air."

          Wilbur Wright (1867-1912): American Inventor and Aviation Pioneer

White Pelicans!

"God gives every bird its food, but he does not throw it into the nest."

        Josiah Gilbert Holland (1819-1881): American Novelist, Poet

What a treat to see a group of White Pelicans on the Tennessee River in North Alabama.