Four crows showed up in our backyard today. We see crows
occasionally, but it was a bit unusual to see four at once. Even
though they were not vocalizing very much, I wondered if they might be
keeping a hawk under watch. And sure enough after a short time a
Cooper's Hawk showed itself.
It appeared to be a crow family of two adults and two juveniles. I
took some photos of one of the crows and it appeared to be a juvenile:
http://www.pbase.com/allen_hart/image/136093900
The hawk posed on one of our bird feeder posts and then surprised us
by dropping to the ground and sitting in a dish that we keep filled
with water for the birds.
http://www.pbase.com/allen_hart/image/136093900
http://www.pbase.com/allen_hart/image/136093918
-- allen hart
-- herndon, VA
