What’s for breakfast?

Back In the Day®, when the cops decided to grab some shuteye during a shift, they called it “cooping.” But this Cooper’s hawk isn’t napping on the job. He’s up early and inspecting the menu from our backyard maple.

I saw this when I stepped out to shoot the sunrise this morning. Our bird feeders have become a bird feeder.

Tags: Cooper's hawk

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11 Responses to “What’s for breakfast?”

psobrien Says:
November 20, 2018 at 9:43 am | Reply
Hawks be smart.
- Patrick O'Grady Says:
  November 20, 2018 at 10:25 am | Reply
  This one sure is. He scares the doves into knocking themselves out on our picture window, then enjoys a leisurely meal. Barely has to crack a sweat.
Cranky Oldguy Says:
November 20, 2018 at 10:08 am | Reply
Years ago we had a similar thing happen when the neighbor installed a bird bath that was nominated as a local cat feeding station after it attracted the attention of the surrounding felines
- Patrick O'Grady Says:
  November 20, 2018 at 10:27 am | Reply
  Reminds me of the Tim Allen gag from “Men are Pigs,” where he’s talking about building a bird feeder only to remember that he doesn’t like birds all that much. So he builds it a couple inches off the ground and presto: combo bird/cat feeder.
khal spencer Says:
November 20, 2018 at 10:16 am | Reply
Rapt in the trees…
khal spencer Says:
November 21, 2018 at 9:28 am | Reply
Not sure why I thought of this, but Happy Thanksgiving all!
khal spencer Says:
November 21, 2018 at 10:31 am | Reply
And of course tomorrow’s quintessential song.
Pat O'Brien Says:
November 21, 2018 at 11:28 am | Reply
Happy thanksgiving Khal and all gathered here in the Dog Haus!

Officer O’Be?
khal spencer Says:
November 21, 2018 at 1:38 pm | Reply
Getting close to home, Patrick.

https://www.abqjournal.com/1249185/apd-detectives-investigating-suspicious-death-in-foothills.html
- Patrick O'Grady Says:
  November 21, 2018 at 8:05 pm | Reply
  Yep, we’ve had a few of those within a shout of the ancestral manse since we moved here. Looks like the boyfriend copped to this one.
  
  It was just around the corner from those apartments that a couple of scumbags ambushed a man in his own driveway as he was leaving for work. He was not their only victim over a two-week stretch.
  
  And then we have this fine young fellow, who celebrated his 15th birthday with a perp walk and a shout-out to his mom, who must be s’proud.
  
  It sure encourages a fella to walk around town with his eyes open.
  - khal spencer Says:
    November 21, 2018 at 9:13 pm | Reply
    Sometimes it seems we are living in a Harlan Ellison short story.