post-lunch nap 2

Another day, another hawk.  One of the dangers for songbirds at feeder stations is the hawk that knows it is a good spot to prey on smaller birds.  While I am sorry to see the little birds threatened, the hawks are also interesting to watch.  This Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii appeared around noon, sitting in a tree crotch exposed to the sun.  For nearly an hour, he stayed there even though the Chickadees and Finches scolded him continuously.  We watched several smaller birds go back and forth between the feeders and branches just six feet from the hawk.  Surely they knew he was there.  And surely he was not hungry, or there would have been a different scenario.