POTD: Lunch Time
Lunch Time
Bozeman, Montana
2026
One bird’s luck is another’s demise. The victim was, I believe, a pigeon. The victor is a Cooper’s hawk at least according to my AI friend Al. It’s hard, for me anyway, to differentiate between a Cooper’s hawk and a sharp-shinned hawk. I had my doubts even after Al gave a lengthy argument in the Cooper’s favor. But it was his comments about sharp-shinned hawks not typically taking prey as big as a pigeon that finally convinced me. In this second photo, you can see the hawk flying off with the pigeon body hanging behind it, held with one claw.
