RHH's photos with the keyword: accipiter

This is another photo of the Cooper's Hawk I posted some time ago. The feathers are from a quail it had taken as the quail were scurrying for cover from under the bird feeders. In the photo the hawk is sitting on the dead quail and very shortly after flew away with it.

There's a story to go with this photo. We've recently put up bird feeders at our new home and we've had a flock of California Quail searching for food under the feeders. A few days ago they were scurrying back to cover and this hawk dropped out of the trees nearby and took one of them. In the photo some of the feathers of the quail are behind the hawk and he is sitting on the quail waiting for it to stop moving. When it did stop moving he flew away with it. The photo was taken from a window and so is not the best angle but with birds one takes what one can get.