Labor day brought a large raptor to our backyard. Looks to be a female Coopers hawk, at least 18 inches if not bigger. No birds were seen the rest of the day. It hung around in this spot for about 20 minutes.
At one time, Cooper's Hawks were heavily hunted in persecution for preying on poultry and were called "chicken hawks". It is now known that predation by these hawks on domestic animals borders on negligible, and they are rarely hunted these days.
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