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Do you see the Cooper’s Hawk?

Neither did I!

(The last three digits in the caption tick along at 60 frame/s. Opening each iamge in a new tab will let you embiggen the details, although the images aren’t all that great.)

The second wingbeat, over on the left, is more visible as the hawk lifts off:

This was about when I figured out what was going on:

A hawk can easily outfly me!

The snake dangling from the hawk’s talons didn’t see it coming, either:

Up and away!

About 2.3 s of elapsed time: plenty for a hawk and not nearly enough for me. Or the snake, for that matter.