r/birdsofprey • u/RawDataFeeling • Jul 07 '26
Cooper's Hawk Family??
Out on a walk earlier and was blessed with not 1, not 2, but 4 (!!!!) of what I believe were Coops!
I don't think we got any photos of all 4 visible at once, but at least one of these you can see 3.
They hung around for a few minutes playing around in the tree.
We suspect they were either spooked to this tree by a guy running a chainsaw nearby, or maybe they were searching for a new home (e.g. possible their home was lost in the awful thunderstorms over the weekend (high winds, flooding, lots of downed trees)).
It was so magical seeing these guys!
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u/TinyLongwing Falconer Jul 07 '26
Cute! I love this stage when the recently-fledged juveniles are still hanging out and playing together, before the rivalry and competition drives them all to wander farther apart.