Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Peregrine. F***ing. Falcon! UPDATE: "Cooper's Hawk." DAMMIT!

As a self-described "Bird Nerd" THIS... is pretty damn cool!

I had noticed a strange bird swooping by my feeders out on the "Monogamous Compound" and wondered what the F is THAT thing?

A few blurry glimpses. A few aborted attempts at a photo.

Then today, my lovely wife snaps a lovely perched shot of this guy under a blanket of December snow.

Peregrine. F***ing. Falcon.

Awesome.

Fastest bird... nay ANIMAL... in the world!

Can swoop down at 200 F'ING MILES PER HOUR!

Eats rock doves, apparently.

Which makes sense, because I have so many rock doves around my feeder it's looks like a damn Sizzler for predatory apex birds!

>>>>>>> UPDATE >>>>>>>>

Thanks to many better eyed BIRD NERDS out there.... for correcting.

I am crestfallen. BUT... still happy to have attracted a spectacular "Cooper's Hawk."

I shall add it to my collection.
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11 comments:

  1. UnknownDecember 10, 2013 at 9:52 AM

    dude, that's a coopers hawk, sorry

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  2. AnonymousDecember 10, 2013 at 9:54 AM

    That's a robin!

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  3. UnknownDecember 10, 2013 at 10:04 AM

    still a kick as bird though

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  4. GornTheVoiceofReasonDecember 10, 2013 at 10:08 AM

    I don't think that is a Peregrine, they are blue - gray and don't have that much white on their belly. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Falco_peregrinus_-Nova_Scotia,_Canada_-eating-8.jpg

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  5. Boss HoggDecember 10, 2013 at 10:51 AM

    Yeah I was gonna say - that looks like your standard old hawk to me. LOL at Czabe being a self proclaimed bird nut and not even knowing what you standard hawk looks like.

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  6. Uncle SmittyDecember 10, 2013 at 11:09 AM

    Coopers hawk. Young one at that.

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  7. GornTheVoiceofReasonDecember 10, 2013 at 11:30 AM

    Any raptor in your yard is cool to see regardless of the type.

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  8. UnknownDecember 10, 2013 at 12:21 PM

    although, there is the possibility that its a sharp-shinned hawk. they are almost identical to the coopers hawk, size is the big indicator. I am still leaning towards the coopers hawk

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  9. UnknownDecember 10, 2013 at 12:53 PM

    Wish he had a better shoot of the tail - off the pic I'd say Coopers. Looks like the undertail coverts are white. Sharp-shinned doesn't perch often and although size is hard to judge here, it appears to be later than a crow.

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  10. UnknownDecember 10, 2013 at 5:13 PM

    Those things eat my neighbors pigeons like their candy.

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  11. UnknownDecember 11, 2013 at 9:59 AM

    Indeed a Coopers but still very cool. I had one in the backyard a few winters ago right outside my kitchen window disemboweling a rabbit it had just snagged under my bird feeder. Disturbing yet I watched and filmed the whole thing.

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