Immature Coopers (?) Hawk

This guy was on our patio - unfortunately, he caught a finch so in this shot, I cropped in to get rid of that and the reflection of blinds on the glass - he got spooked and flew off with the remains of the songbird. He was small so we're guessing a juvenile?
When my hubs came into the room to tell me he was on the patio etc. I totally didn't believe him... why didn't I believe him? Because he didn't grab his camera! Once he processed it in his mind - he went for his camera and I knew... it's really out there!

Thank you for all your comments - Hopefully I'll get to respond soon - please know they are all read and much appreciated. You all keep me motivated to keep shooting and totally inspire me your beautiful photos! Hope everyone has a good week.

[Cat Whiskers - Nan]

What a beauty! If it looked small for a Coopers, it may be a Sharp shinned hawk. They look very similar

[Issi Bannerman]

Wow. What a great close up of that 'evil' eye!

[Poppo Livy]

terrific close up

[Maggiemae]

His eye is just tremendous - shows how good their sight is!

[Alfred Rico]

Love how you've captured the fine details of the bird. He's very majestic. Nature is amazing.

[RachelMack]

Oh wow! Love the light in the eye.

[Fredy Mack]

Super Fav

[Richard Hickey]

Awesome picture.

[Lou Ann]

Really great capture! Thanks for cropping out the “meal”!

[Junko Y]

wow -- now that's a cool capture! Did you layer this bird image on textured background?

[Little Blue Moon]

I especially like the texture of the photo. It almost seemed like a painting when I first saw it. Beautiful!

[Suzanne]

Amazing shot.

[FBailey]

What a shot ...

[KoalaGardens🐨]

oh my, what a magnificent predator - such detail!

[Milanie]

What a marvelous close-up. The details are amazing. Fav

[Rosan]

Superb shot!

[Jerome]

great shot!

[Jacqueline]

What a beautifull picture!

[Simone Severo]

Your birds are pretty cool but this is awesome!