Wow, Darlene, an awesome experience wonderfully captured by your camera!!!! Great album. We live in suburban Houston and have a birdhouse in our heavily treed (at least before hurricane Ike it was) yard. All of the sudden last winter I hear crashing through the branches about 5ft from the house where the birdfeeder is and see feathers flying and screetching and before I knew it a hawk flew off with one of the wild little doves (the mate was left alone)...then he kept coming back...waiting on our roof...eating the squirels..and small birds...the nobody would come back to the birdhouse and the hawk didn't come back either...a month ago, he was back trying to get one of the squirells again...Nature...Hey thanks for your nice words on my Love of Horses album a few months ago, too. Sorry I am so late responding...but that Hurricane threw me off quite a few months and I am just now catching up slowly. Cheers. Marita

said worldtripper3 9 months 13 days ago

Teriffic shots of that hawk! It is just a wonderful treat when they show up to "let" us watch them for awhile. If you get a moment, take a look at the barred owl that landed in my yard awhile ago.

said _marymarg 2008.05.06 at 13:21:07 PDT

Hello Darlene, Fancey havingt wildlife like that so close by, as well as photography, it seems we have something else in Common. we'll have to keep in touch.

said mrcoradour 2008.04.09 at 04:36:21 PDT

This is a great bunch of pics

said semosier 2007.11.18 at 13:14:20 PST

You have done a very good job and lucky to have such graceful predatory birds right in your back yard. You have given us viewers a wonderful insider's view, thank you for these amazing images. Thank you - Anup

said define2iota 2007.04.03 at 11:00:40 PDT

Thanks Darlene for the nice compliment on my Eagles album. It's very much appreciated. You've taken some great photos yourself. The Coopers Hawk pics are great. Thanks, Rick/Deb

said AKaurora 2007.03.31 at 19:00:02 PDT

Great shots of these Halks! My dad put up a nesting box covered in bark for a Woodpecker that was banging against our house but it left and two Kestrels moved in, and have been rearing young in the box for over the last 12 years. Lots of fun watching the parent birds fly in like fighter jets at high speed. They are very shy so we pretty much leave them be, gettting glimpes as they come and go, or when the young start looking out the hole at their new world. Thanks for checking out my parrot! He's not a talker but has quite a personality. -Gordo

said gordo2go 2007.03.31 at 14:11:42 PDT

You've got some very nice pictures! I think this is my favorite album tho! Thanks for looking and commenting on my pics :) Gwen

said ladyravon 2007.03.19 at 09:11:10 PDT

Thanks Darlene for the nice compliment on my Cumberland Falls photo. It's very much appreciated. You've taken some lovely photos yourself. Love the Coopers Hawk pics. Best wishes, Kathy

said sks4th 2007.02.15 at 14:27:09 PST