juvenile coopers hawk in the grass The Saga
of
Rufous Hawk

Chapter 5

What's Going On?

March 27:

Today Rufous posed for this sequence of photos. No doubt his activities were for Roxie's benefit, not mine, but I won't complain!

Still Bonding Still BondingStill Bonding
Still Bonding Still BondingStill Bonding

No, there's no doubt about it! Here is the object of Rufous' affection!

Rufous
Rufous
Roxie
Roxie

April 15:

It seems like a long spring to me, but today Jay spotted a tail sticking out of the nest. When I looked at previous years' calendars, it is still early for her to be laying eggs. But this has been an early spring! Maybe we will have hawklets earlier this year! What's going on??

Continue to Chapter 6: Crow Wars

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