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Cooper\u2019s Hawk: Kennebunk, Maine, USA \u2014 I was at the little drainage pond at Southern Maine Health Care in Kennebunk, photographing mostly dragonflies, when the resident pair of Red-winged Blackbirds suddenly increased their racket. The male in particular seemed upset, and his high pitched alarm calls were echoed by an even higher pitched call that I thought might be a Cowbird\u2026but I had not seen any Cowbirds around the pond. Suddenly a big bird burst out of the dense little evergreen at the pond\u2019s edge, where it had obviously been sheltering from the RWBB\u2019s attentions, and dove into the birch cluster above the RWBB\u2019s nest. The RWBB was on it in seconds, and it flew out and across the parking lot to one of the ornamental trees. Cooper\u2019s Hawk! By shape and size and what little feather pattern I caught in flight. The RWBB was not giving it any rest, and before I could get the camera on it, it flew back across in front of me and landed up under the eves of the forest abutting the pond, about 40 feet from me. I had been using full 1440mm equivalent on the dragonflies, so I was zoomed in way to far, but I got off a couple of shots, and then attempted to zoom back for the full bird. By then, though, only seconds later, the RWBB had moved the hawk on again, and this time escorted it out across the parking lot until it disappeared into the trees behind the shopping center an eighth of a mile back out toward Route 1. So what I have is a grab shot head shot of the bird. Not a bad shot considering. And a Cooper\u2019s Hawk is always a good bird to see. \ud83d\ude42 Nikon B700 at 1440mm equivalent. Program mode with what are becoming my custom birds and wildlife modifications for this camera (Program, Vivid Picture Control, Low Active-D Lighting, Medium movable spot focus, -.3EV exposure compensation). Processed in Polarr and Apple Photos. <\/p>\n

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