Archive for the ‘Coopers Hawk’ Tag
Cooper’s Hawk Atop The Sabino Canyon Visitors Flag Pole, December 14, 2011 — Image by kenne
The Hawk
William Butler Yeats
Call down the hawk from the air;
Let him be hooded or caged
Till the yellow eye has grown mild,
For larder and spit are bare,
The old cook enraged,
The scullion gone wild.
I will not be clapped in a hood,
Nor a cage, nor alight upon wrist,
Now I have learnt to be proud
Hovering over the wood
In the broken mist Or tumbling cloud.
What tumbling cloud did you cleave,
Yellow-eyed hawk of the mind,
Last evening? that I, who had sat
Dumbfounded before a knave,
Should give to my friend
A pretence of wit.
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Adult Cooper’s Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk Chicks — Images by kenne
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This spring, as Sabino Canyon Volunteer Nationalists (SCVN) led elementary school kids on nature walks through the Sabino Canyon riparian area, if we were lucky we would be able to a pair of cooper’s hawks either rebuilding an old nest, taking turns sitting on eggs or bring food to the new chicks. A few days ago, three chicks were observed out on nearby limbs. This past Saturday, I was able to get some photos of the chicks. After getting a couple, an adult brought food to the chicks, after which the adult left the nest, perching on a lower limb near where I was standing — classic right time, right place.
kenne
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Coopers Hawk Atop The Sabino Canyon Center Flagpole — Image by kenne
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