photo sharing and upload picture albums photo forums search pictures popular photos photography help login
Roger Mayhorn | profile | all galleries >> Birds >> Hawks - Falcons - Owls >> Bathing Cooper's Hawk tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

Bathing Cooper's Hawk

This immature Cooper's Hawk came in to the stream in our yard. After looking around a bit it walked into the stream and began to bathe. It splashed, dunked and flopped in the water, just as small birds do when they bathe. These two pages of photos tell the whole story.
previous pagepages 1 2 ALL next page
Checking out the area
Checking out the area
Making sure its safe
Making sure its safe
Into the stream
Into the stream
Deeper water needed
Deeper water needed
Something on the ground?
Something on the ground?
Taking a closer look
Taking a closer look
Wading in
Wading in
Staying balanced
Staying balanced
Getting wet now
Getting wet now
Folding the wings carefully
Folding the wings carefully
Spreading the tail feathers
Spreading the tail feathers
Starting to splash
Starting to splash
previous pagepages 1 2 ALL next page