The “Oh Sh!t” Moment

Marty January 17th, 2008

The

Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) vs.
Cooper’s Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)

This poor Cooper’s Hawk really didn’t make the proper entrance to Forsythe NWR. Every time we’ve seen him, it’s only a minute or two before one or more Norther Harriers swoop in to give him the ‘what for’.

To his credit - he really stuck it out, getting harassed for about 5 minutes until the harriers just gave up.

I hope to put up a quadptych later showing the swoop action…
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3 Responses to “The “Oh Sh!t” Moment”

  1. # furiousballon 17 Jan 2008 at 4:13 pm

    amazing shot Marty!

  2. # mon@rchon 17 Jan 2008 at 11:05 pm

    I think us humans have many of these moments! Amazing photo!

  3. # Apertomeon 18 Jan 2008 at 2:24 pm

    Wow, great job capturing that moment. I’m surprised the little guy stuck around for so long!

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