Yesterday at 3PM I observed a Northern Mockingbird at the Oakwood Cemetary in Rochester. The bird was in the NW corner of the cemetary. The bird was originally seen flying up from the road to the fence, it then flew east over the trees. A few minutes later I relocated the bird sitting on the road, apparently sunning itself. While looking at it from 30 yards away the bird suddenly crouched low, almost laying on the ground. I thought that was kind of weird, but a few seconds later a first year Cooper's Hawk came in and pinned the Mocker to the ground. Not too long after that an SUV came by and flushed the Coop, I watched it fly away with the Mockingbird in its talons. Good day to be a Cooper's Hawk, not such a good day to be a Mockingbird.
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