Cooper, the successful hunter

[Tom Barry]

"Cooper," the juvenile Cooper's hawk that hunts in our neighborhood, was sitting on a limb 10 feet from the bird feeder hanging from a window in our home this afternoon. I couldn't figure out why the cardinals and other feeder birds were busily feeding and seemed unconcerned. I got off 10 shots through the double-paned windows before Cooper took off. When I got the frames on the computer, it became clear why the feeder birds were unconcerned: Cooper was finishing a meal he made of one of their little buddies:
IMG_7760_DxO by tombarry975, on Flickr

[xpatUSA]

Good shot with nice separation of subject from the fore- and back-ground.

[Shadowman]

Nicely captured.

[Tom Barry]

Thanks, Ted and John.

[AlwaysOnAuto]

Great control of the DoF there Tom, you hit it just right. Nice shot.

[Otavio]

Nice job, Tom! A difficult one, considering that you shot it though a window.

Regards,