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Archive 2014 · Kestrel vs. Cooper Hawk (warning)

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p.3 #1 · Kestrel vs. Cooper Hawk (warning)

lovely set there, thang. great that you were able to witness nature in action.

Dec 05, 2014 at 07:32 AM

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p.3 #2 · Kestrel vs. Cooper Hawk (warning)

WOW! Excellent series!

Dec 05, 2014 at 08:10 AM

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p.3 #3 · Kestrel vs. Cooper Hawk (warning)

Thank you all very much for your time in commenting the post. Unfortunately, no the kestrel did not survive the attack. Was too gruesome and sad to post more images after the last shot. Wanted to intervene initially but figured should let nature take its course. I was fortunate to be at the right place right time. Almost didn't want to go shooting on a cloudy rainy Sunday afternoon.

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Dec 05, 2014 at 11:16 AM

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p.3 #4 · Kestrel vs. Cooper Hawk (warning)

Stunning series Thang

Dec 05, 2014 at 11:20 AM

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p.3 #5 · Kestrel vs. Cooper Hawk (warning)

Phenomenal set Thang. Your images and story are chilling on an emotional level but technically excellent (as always). Incredible that you were able to witness and capture this interaction. Well done!

Dec 05, 2014 at 11:27 AM

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p.3 #6 · Kestrel vs. Cooper Hawk (warning)

Very cool action shots, Thang.
Chris

Dec 05, 2014 at 01:30 PM

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p.3 #7 · Kestrel vs. Cooper Hawk (warning)

Thang,

Great work! An amazing series images and something i have never seen before.

Dave

Dec 05, 2014 at 02:21 PM

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p.3 #8 · Kestrel vs. Cooper Hawk (warning)

Wow! I've never seen that before!! Great shots!

Dec 05, 2014 at 02:46 PM

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p.3 #9 · Kestrel vs. Cooper Hawk (warning)

Excellent set Thang

Dec 05, 2014 at 04:48 PM

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p.3 #10 · Kestrel vs. Cooper Hawk (warning)

Something you don't see very often...
Amazing shots!

Well done and thanks for sharing!

Greg

Dec 05, 2014 at 06:38 PM

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p.3 #11 · Kestrel vs. Cooper Hawk (warning)

Wow, amazing!
Also very beautiful light and dof.

Thanks for sharing.

Dec 06, 2014 at 05:55 AM

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p.3 #12 · Kestrel vs. Cooper Hawk (warning)

rdcny wrote:
yes amazing...many of us have been speculating that the decline of the kestrel in North America was in part due to the increase in the number of Cooper's Hawks...

I have also seen photos of Red-tails holding kestrels as prey in their talons...

The world has changed for kestrels in the last 25 years.

that's interesting. I wasn't aware of that. I did notice we don't have as much Kestrels as it was about 3 years ago.

Dec 06, 2014 at 03:12 PM

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p.3 #13 · Kestrel vs. Cooper Hawk (warning)

Karl Witt wrote:
I just love it when a rare event in nature is caught by a great photographer and shared

I love those little Kestrels but the amazing power and determinations of the Coopers blows me away! They rule my neighborhood for sure.
Thang, awesome job man, love the ground level perspective you took, that rocks man

Karl

thanks for the nicest words Karl...

Dec 06, 2014 at 03:13 PM

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p.3 #14 · Kestrel vs. Cooper Hawk (warning)

tfoltz wrote:
Great series Thang but the lack of prey in Southern California has
raptors such as the Coopers after just about anything.

-Tim

Thanks Tim. The weird thing was there were plenty other shore birds in Ponds C, D, and E at the time...

Dec 06, 2014 at 03:15 PM

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p.3 #15 · Kestrel vs. Cooper Hawk (warning)

eyelaser wrote:
Brilliant series, albeit very bittersweet as I love kestrels. Quite amazing as I would have thought there would be much easier prey around for a Coopers...but there you have it...another great series of nature doing what is does best.
Congrats on what must be a very unique series of images.
Eric

Thanks Eric. I love Kestrels too as they are so colorful/cute and yet feisty at the same time.

Dec 06, 2014 at 03:16 PM

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p.3 #16 · Kestrel vs. Cooper Hawk (warning)

Awesome set Thang, well seen and captured

David

Dec 06, 2014 at 07:20 PM

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p.3 #17 · Kestrel vs. Cooper Hawk (warning)

Wow!

Dec 07, 2014 at 07:00 PM

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p.3 #18 · Kestrel vs. Cooper Hawk (warning)

Amazing series. Well done!

Brian M.

Dec 07, 2014 at 07:19 PM

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p.3 #19 · Kestrel vs. Cooper Hawk (warning)

Wow, Thang - outstanding sequence. The kestrel is one of my favorite raptors too, but clearly no match for the Coopers. TFS these.

Jim

Dec 10, 2014 at 12:43 PM

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p.3 #20 · Kestrel vs. Cooper Hawk (warning)

Outstanding series.

Dec 11, 2014 at 06:41 AM

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