Cooper’s Hawk, our house, Kennebunk Maine

We were gathered around the table for lunch on a cold rainy day last week, when Sarah (Sally), our daughter visiting for the holidays from Pittsburgh, glanced out the deck doors to see what all the Crow commotion in one of our big Maples was about…and there was a Cooper’s Hawk sitting below the Crows. It is rare for us to have a Hawk of any kind in the yard, and I think this is our first Coopers. I ran for the camera. When I opened the deck doors, the Crows all took off, but the Hawk sat there long enough for a few pics. Terrible light in the rain, but still…

Sony RX10iii at 1200mm equivalent field of view (2x Clear Image Zoom). Program Mode. 1/250th @ ISO 250 @ f4. Processed in Polarr on my Android tablet.