Garden predator...

No wonder I'm not getting many birds at me feeder! Actually, this fine immature Cooper's Hawk was only present for a while. I noticed it flash past my window whilst I was working/daydreaming upstairs. It landed in a large Maple about 50 metres away so I bounded dowstairs scope, tripod and coolpix in hand and dashed out into the back yard in the hope of a spot of digiscoping. As luck would have it the bird stuck around for about 20 minutes allowing me to obtain a few usable images.



What a great bird! Oh, yes, and happy new year to you all...