Here is another Cooper’s Hawk with a White-crowned Sparrow from a sequence I made after photographing the White-Crowned Sparrow in flight during my recent Better than Bosque Workshop. see related posts here:
White-crowned Sparrow flying (dorsal view)
Cooper's Hawk with prey
Cooper’s Hawk with White-crowned Sparrow prey in flight (Accipiter cooperii, Épervier de Cooper, COHA) from November 28, 2024, while scouting for my Better than Bosque workshop. Near Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. Image Copyright ©Christopher Dodds. Sony a9 III Mirrorless camera & Sony FE 600mm f/4 G Master OSS Lens with Sony FE 2X Teleconverter @1,200mm ISO 3,200, f/8 @ 1/5,000s. Full frame image. Manual exposure.