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Cooper’s Hawk — Computer Painting by kenne
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Cooper’s Hawk Visits Our Patio Fountain (July 10, 2016) — Image by kenne
This hawk was attracted by the doves below the bird feeder on the patio.
With a temperature of 103 degrees, might as well take a water break.
— kenne
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Watching Over Nest On A Windy Day 1 comment
Cooper’s Hawk Above Nest In Sabino Canyon (October 31, 2016) — Image by kenne
Wind gusts ruffle the hawks feathers while watching over the large nest
high in an ash tree in the Sabino Canyon riparian area above the Sabino Creek dam.
Since this area is near where the Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalists (SCVN)
conduct their nature program for elementary school children,
many students will have a opportunity to see activity near the creek
adding to the excitement of being on a field trip in Sabino Canyon.
— kenne
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Cooper’s Hawk — Grunge Art by kenne
“Everything come to you
in the right moment.
Be Patient.”
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Two Cooper’s Hawk Images 6 comments
Cooper’s Hawk — Images by kenne
My many walks with nature
have made me more aware
of the world around me.
I have learn to look and
listen, improving my
ability to connect,
to connect to my existence
with and through nature.
— kenne
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My Neighborhood Cooper’s Hawk Family 4 comments
Neighborhood Cooper’s Hawk Parent Near Nest — Images by kenne
When not mornings in Sabino Canyon, I’m usually running the streets in our community, Tanuri Ridge. While running one morning in early April, I noticed a hawk flying into a large mesquite tree. As I came back around I saw another hawk with a twig fly into the tree, and made a mental note to look into the tree while on future runs.
Parent in Sentry Position
Over time the two adults finished the nest. In the beginning it was easy to see the nest because the mesquite tree was just beginning to grow new leaves. Now it’s difficult to see the nest, but usually can see one adult in the tree and another in a sentry position about 50 yards away. Until the chicks got large enough to see their heads above the nest, there was no way I knew how many were there.
Parent in Mesquite Tree Near the Nest
About two weeks ago, as I ran by the nesting tree, some neighbors were at the tree’s base. One of the chicks was on the ground. At close inspection it was apparent that the chick had an injured eye. We were not sure what caused the injury, but since we now know the nest has three chicks, with four in the nest a sibling or a parent may have inflected the injury. At any rate it was apparent the chick had been pushed from the nest.
One of the Three Chicks
Yesterday, naturalist Anne Green posted a “chick update” on her blog “Your Daily Dose of Sabino Canyon.” Naturalists have been watching a Cooper’s hawk nest by the Sabino Canyon dam for weeks. With these chicks “branching” I decided it might be a good time to go photograph the Tanuri Ridge chicks. They are not branching, but I was able to confirm that the nest contains three chicks.
Parent After Diving at Me
I spent time under and near the mesquite tree trying different photography angles. At first, one adult was in the nest with the chicks. Another was about 50 yards away. As I moved around, the adult in the nest was showing signs of getting anxious and left the nest to a perch about seven feet away. Meanwhile the other adult in a sentry position began a loud defense call, “cak-cak-cak. “
One of the Three Chicks
Getting frustrated trying to photograph the chicks, I walked to where the other adult was calling. As I walked toward the sentry tree, another hawk flew by responding to the calls, which looked like one of last year’s juveniles. At one point the sentry adult flew in my direction circling around back up to its perch.
One of the Three Chicks
I will keep watching the nest, but because of its location centered high in the mesquite tree, getting photos will continue to be very difficult, however, I enjoy the challenge.
kenne
Proud Parent
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Coopers Hawk On Flagpole In Sabino Canyon — Image by kenne
“America is great because she is good.
If America ceases to be good,
America will cease to be great.”
― Alexis de Tocqueville
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A Coopers Hawk Along The Wilderness Rock Trail On Mt. Lemmon (8/8/14) — Image by kenne
A quiet forest
Before others scream a curse
Causing her no shame.
— kenne
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Capturing The Moment — Cooper’s Hawks In Sabino Canyon 6 comments
Cooper’s Hawk In Sabino Canyon — Images by kenne
(Click on any of the tiled images to see larger view in a slideshow.)
Cooper’s hawk’s are nesting in the riparian area above Sabino Canyon dam, creating a lot of photo opportunities.
kenne
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A Birder’s View Of A Cooper’s Hawk 3 comments
A Birder’s View Of A Cooper’s Hawk — Image by kenne
Something’s going on
Standing Guard Above the nest,
It is family time.
— kenne
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Panning For Garnets In The Canyon After The Rain 4 comments
In front of Sabino Dam.
Above Sabino Dam
Pointing to a Cooper’s hawk nest.
Kenne with a fellow naturalist, Dave showing five 3rd grade girls how to pan — Images by Darcy McCue (Parent)
Low hanging clouds still draped the canyon.
Overnight rains had ended.
Cold temperatures chilled the morning air.
Excited third-graders walk to Sabino Canyon Center.
No busing from the nearby school.
Gestured to a group of five girls to tag along.
Teachable moments abound the mile and a half to Sabino Creek.
Questions increase over the creek activity, “Strike It Rich.”
The teacher had prepared the students well.
First, nature walk near the creek.
Examined the five minerals found in Catalina Gneiss —
Quartz, feldspar, garnet, magnetite, and mica.
Using the mineral’s colors, began jiving —
“Two white, one red, one black, one shiny.”
After the nature walk, a brief geology lesson —
What made the canyon what it is today.
Lesson done, it was time for panning.
Students were sure they would find gold.
Not so in “them there mountains.”
Panning for sand rubies (garnets) was the game.
Activity completed with no cold, wet feet —
Only cold parents standing watch.
Another fun day in Sabino Canyon.
(Moral: Don’t expect cold, wet weather to dampen the spirits of 3rd graders in the canyon.)
— kenne
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Capturing The Moment — Cooper’s Hawk In The Olive Tree 5 comments
Cooper’s Hawk — Image by kenne
It is not unusual to see cooper’s hawks here in the Sonoran Desert, even in my neighborhood. The Tucson area has one of the most dense populations to be found anywhere. Usually nesting in riparian areas, they are not always that easy to photograph. Because of their amazing flying ability, I usually see them flying low to the ground, through and between trees. The water fountain under the olive tree on our patio sometimes attracts a Copper’s hawk, not because of the water, but because of the smaller birds attracted to the water — they are a deadly bird-predator. This time I happen to have my camera near the patio door, making this image possible.
kenne
Cooper’s Hawk (with apologies to Wordsworth)
by Michael Konik
Regal, as if touched by royalty, you light upon the wire,
Surveying the buffet of opportunity below, where we
Who cannot soar, cannot glide, forlornly aspire
To shed our earthly shackles and be free.
You cannot be called a kind and caring raptor,
A patient pedant, with heart o’erflowing with generosity.
Your icy mission is starkly clear: to be a heartless captor
That kills and disembowels without pause for ruminant philosophy.
Yet we who walk upon the land, prisoners of gravity
Observe your single-mindedness with grudging admiration.
We see not a murderer swimming in a sea of depravity
But a champion inspiring our solemn approbation.
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In Hiking, The More The Struggle, The More The Reward 7 comments
Hiking Blackett’s Ridge — Images by kenne (Click on any of the images to view in a slide show format.)
One of the most popular and difficult trails in Sabino Canyon is the Blackett’s Ridge Trail. The is 6.2 miles with an elevation change of 1810 feet. Starting at the Sabino Canyon Visitor’s Center, the trail attracts runners and hikers alike, some making the trek several times a week. As part of a published hiking schedule, the Sabino Canyon Volunteer Naturalists (SCVN) lead, hikers up to the trail’s end, providing a close-up wow-view of Thimble Peak, the canyon riparian area and the Tucson valley. Once up on the ridge, first time Blackett’s hikers begin to feel as if the trail will never end with several up and down climbs before finally getting the trail’s end in site.
Often at the end of the trail, chipmunks will greet the hikers. This behavior occurs because some good intending hikers wrongly feed our little friends. On this particular hike, a Cooper’s Hawk soured above the canyon.
kenne
“There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life,
and beyond which life cannot rise.
And such is the paradox of living,
this ecstasy comes when one is most alive,
and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive.”
― Jack London, The Call of the Wild
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Capturing The Moment — Coopers Hawk 4 comments
Coopers Hawk As Seen On A Photography Walk This Morning — Image by kenne
