Hi Bangtree! Sorry it took awhile for me to comment. I have a hobby/work project that keeps me super-busy around high school graduation time each year, and that would be.... like, right now! You are getting some really nice shots of the hawks. (And, by the way, I got a much better look at them now that Pop made some suggestions. Pop is the *very best* administrator we could have, and set this whole forum up for us!) I wish you could have taken a selfie of yourself with the lens propped up on a banana. That would be a keeper! The first year I was watching Rufous & Henrietta, I only had a little "point & click" camera. I would get someone to hold binoculars up & aim the camera to get a pic through the binoc lens. And thinking about names for your hawks.... I'm honored to be the one to suggest names! Three years ago when Rufous brought a new young female on board to replace Henrietta, forum member Patticake named her Roxie. I can think of no better names for your hawks than Gary and Alice, as your friend suggested! I'm looking forward to your next post!
I was at the Newark Coopers hawk's nest for a couple hours on Sunday morning (4/28) before the big storm hit. After watching for about 20 minutes, the female (aka Alice Cooper) got up from sitting on her eggs and took off, soaring away in a big circle. She was quickly replaced in the nest by the male (aka Gary Cooper). After about 2 minutes Alice returned and perched in a nearby tree and began preening herself, I guess to freshen up her ruffled feathers. You try sitting on a clutch of eggs in a stick nest all night. It also appears that she felt the urge to scratch under her chin and rub the top of her head against a nearby branch. I guess if you've got and itch, you just gotta scratch. In the mean time Gary occupied his time doing his stretch on the eggs. preen 1.jpg - Bild entfernt (keine Rechte)head scratch 3.jpg - Bild entfernt (keine Rechte)head scratch 1.jpg - Bild entfernt (keine Rechte)Tail nest 2.jpg - Bild entfernt (keine Rechte)
Somehow it quit raining at least for a while so I went for a bike ride this morning. When I returned this was next to my back porch. Some sort of ex-bird I'd say feathers.jpg - Bild entfernt (keine Rechte).
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Thanks for sharing the excitement. 
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And thinking about names for your hawks.... I'm honored to be the one to suggest names! Three years ago when Rufous brought a new young female on board to replace Henrietta, forum member Patticake named her Roxie. I can think of no better names for your hawks than Gary and Alice, as your friend suggested! I'm looking forward to your next post!
LUNCH??
Never enough room for an entire mom Cooper's hawk! Great photos!
