re: My New Bird

Awesome bird. I watched a Cooper's Hawk dispatch a dove in my backyard a few months ago.

I was studying at the patio table under the carport drinking a cup of coffee, and saw a dove land on my fence (tiny backyard, off Brightside).

Dove took off towards me and over the fence to my back. Heard a loud thump, and jumped up to see what the hell had happened. I looked through the latticework into the neighbors backyard, saw a cloud of feathers and the Cooper's hawk staring at me, and a dead arse dove in his talons.