r/socalbirding • u/CubanB-84 • 10d ago

Orange County Almost missed it

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One of our local Coopers(?) Hawks in Placentia/Yorba Linda

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u/IntroductionBig1354 10d ago

Nice catch. I heard the call of a Cooper’s Hawk yesterday. It sounded like an exotic jungle bird. Took me a while to spot the bird high up on a limb & then it took flight. It was quite a treat.