Скачать или смотреть Juvenile Cooper's Hawk with Prey (Juvenile House Finch)

Today, I happened to see a juvenile Cooper's Hawk (Astur Cooperii) catch a finch.

Some background: I am a little familiar with this particular young hawk, as it has been hanging around our backyard, and been screaming to be fed for a few weeks. I assume the parents have been periodically feeding it, although I never observed that...

During the past few weeks, I have watched it (unsuccessfully) hunt for finches and doves in our backyard. So, I was quite surprised to see it actually catch this young finch today. I immediately grabbed my camera and captured the action that followed.

I am going to speculate that this was likely the very first "kill" for this young hawk, as it seems to be trying to figure out what to do next!