IMG_2-0704 Coopers Hawk
Sometimes an armature nature photographer gets lucky and is able to witness and photograph a predator/ prey conflict. This series shows a Coopers hawk trying to catch a Ringed-neck Duck for dinner. but the duck got tangled in the Lilly pads and the Hawk unable to take flight, so it just held it underwater for maybe 5 to 8 min. long enough that the Hawk almost drowned itself, eventually it let the Duck go and with a great deal of energy was able to fly away; the duck popped up, righted itself, shook it off, then swam away apparently quite all right. I think the pictures tells a compelling story of how raw nature can be!
IMG_2-0704 Coopers Hawk
Sometimes an armature nature photographer gets lucky and is able to witness and photograph a predator/ prey conflict. This series shows a Coopers hawk trying to catch a Ringed-neck Duck for dinner. but the duck got tangled in the Lilly pads and the Hawk unable to take flight, so it just held it underwater for maybe 5 to 8 min. long enough that the Hawk almost drowned itself, eventually it let the Duck go and with a great deal of energy was able to fly away; the duck popped up, righted itself, shook it off, then swam away apparently quite all right. I think the pictures tells a compelling story of how raw nature can be!