Backyard Visitor

Diana hollered at me this afternoon and I grabbed my camera and ran out.  Here was a Cooper's hawk in our backyard.  He hopped around on the ground, then on a lawn chair, then in a tree and then on the power line!  I walked around taking pictures (>300) and he just looked hard at me but did not spook.  The ones that were spooked were his potential prey - the songbirds.  We have bird feeders in the backyard and often have 30+ birds around.
As a friend of mine says, in the great outdoors "You're either eating or being eaten; it is always a restaurant!"  That seems to be the way of life and as an observer I feel very fortunate!

Here's a couple of shots of our friend!