From Nancy and Jean on Cookman Avenue. Sent to us today. (2012) by email. It is an excellent bird portrait.
“Hi – sending you a picture of a Cooper Hawk that the wind blew into our backyard on Cookman Ave, in OG.”
Cooper’s Hawk by Nancy and Jean on Cookman Ave. Ocean Grove, NJ 2012.
Mt. Hermon Way. iPhone13 pro with tele lens. Paul Goldfinger photo. 12/3/22. By Paul Goldfinger, Editor Blogfinger.net. Ocean Grove.
We feed the birds in our back yard , and there is a giant tree next door. And we have a pond with goldfish swimming around. So our fish and little birds. (finches, sparrows, wrens, doves, wood peckers, and cardinals) attract a black and white cat with a pink collar (anyone know its name?) and a predator called a Cooper hawk.
These hawks are found from southern Canada down to Mexico. They stop in Boca Raton searching for the elusive gefilte fish and the wild caught pickled herring.
One time we were standing in our backyard when there seemed to be snow falling. But it turned out to be the hawk up in tree enjoying lunch while spitting out the white feathers.
If we look out in our backyard and see no birds, we instinctively look up in the tree for the hawk. And we look near the pond where the cat likes to sit and watch the action.
Yesterday the hawk was relaxing on our backyard fence. I got a few frames with my iPhone, and then the hawk flew off.
JESSICA MOLASKEY. The clarinet solo is by Ken Peplowski who often records with Jessica and the Pizzarellis — family purveyors of the Great American songbook.
Centennial Cottage has been subject to the break-in by a squirrel chewing off the corner of a window frame. If anyone can direct the hawk to the area in question, it would be much appreciated.
…and when the ospreys return, I have seen them drop down out of the sky into the lakes to catch a fish and then take off–awesome sight.
We also have a Peregrine falcon in this area. You’ll probably see it one day in OG or the surrounding towns.
Awesome…wish I had made this sighting!
I’ve seen the Cooper’s Hawk in my neighborhood from time to time. It’s a beautiful bird that is often seen in suburban neighborhoods.