Is it likely a Red Tail Hawk and a Coopers Hawk would tolerate each
other enough to share a perch? I ask this because I believe I saw just
that this morning.
Early this morning, as I walked down to the corner store to get coffee,
I had a Coopers Hawk swoop down in right front of me and up to land on a
fence about 15 feet away. I doubt it missed me by 5 feet.
If anyone remembers the photo of the Baptist Church in the snow from
last winter, the hawk swooped straight through the camera position from
that shot. The hawk was as close as the pine trees I used to frame the
church.
Very close, superb view and me without even a point 'n shoot on me. I
was able to get a real good look at it for about 2 - 3 minutes.
Later in the morning, as I was leaving to go over to my mother's to meet
for the family dinner, I came around the corner and saw two hawks
perched on the cross atop the steeple on the Baptist Church. One was a
large, familiar Red Tail I've seen many times and occasionally
photographed, but the other was MUCH smaller.
I wonder if it might have been the Coopers Hawk? I've seen two Red Tails
share that perch many times.
Anyway, just as soon as I got stopped, set up my tripod, got the camera
mounted and aimed in the general direction ... the smaller hawk flew
off. Exactly the moment I got the cross in focus the Red Tail flew off.
So, I didn't get anything to show for it.
On the upside, the Bigma at 500mm does frame the perch quite nicely from
the point a half-block away where I was set up. I think they will fill
at least 1/4 of the frame area from there, so there's hope for the future.
Checked when I got back just now, but there's nobody home so to speak.
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