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  • Hawk With Snake

    Do you see the Cooper’s Hawk?

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    Hawk with snake 2025-11-04 – 082

    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:

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    Hawk with snake 2025-11-04 – 112

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

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    Hawk with snake 2025-11-04 – 151

    A hawk can easily outfly me!

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    Hawk with snake 2025-11-04 – 207

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

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    Hawk with snake 2025-11-04 – 213

    Up and away!

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    Hawk with snake 2025-11-04 – 225

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