Adult Cooper’s Hawk’s Catch
It's almost a year since I observed this Cooper's Hawk and its prey in my front yard in Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Ned Harris says "This one is an older adult. The red eye is the key to aging this individual."
It is perched on the rim of my birdbath In Tucson, Arizona, USA.
I’ve been wondering why all the new White-Winged Doves had disappeared. If this Adult Cooper’s Hawk eats one a day, that could explain it. It's part of the natural order of things. Predators keep the population of the prey animals in check. That enables more diversity and prevents starvation of the predator's prey due to unlimited over-population.
All animals have their purpose in the natural order. That's why returning wolves to Yellowstone Park in Colorado and protecting them has brought back plants including trees that had been overgrazed by the uncontrolled deer overpopulation. That brought back animals such as beavers and the resulting aquatic habitats for aquarian flora and fauna.
The unnatural overpopulation by humans of the Tucson Valley and the concomitant overuse of subterranean water has unnaturally lowered the subterranean aquifer that was near the surface. That and the planet earth's warming climate have eliminated the year-round surface water in certain streams in the valley.
I fear the planet Earth's climate change and the current pandemic or another even more virulent pandemic may be the way the overpopulation of the planet Earth by humans will be brought under control. As a Father, Grandfather, and Great-Grandfather, I find that extremely depressing!
Humans wipe out forever entire species of other fauna on land and in the oceans every single day! And that is also very depressing!
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Adult Cooper’s Hawk’s Catch
It's almost a year since I observed this Cooper's Hawk and its prey in my front yard in Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Ned Harris says "This one is an older adult. The red eye is the key to aging this individual."
It is perched on the rim of my birdbath In Tucson, Arizona, USA.
I’ve been wondering why all the new White-Winged Doves had disappeared. If this Adult Cooper’s Hawk eats one a day, that could explain it. It's part of the natural order of things. Predators keep the population of the prey animals in check. That enables more diversity and prevents starvation of the predator's prey due to unlimited over-population.
All animals have their purpose in the natural order. That's why returning wolves to Yellowstone Park in Colorado and protecting them has brought back plants including trees that had been overgrazed by the uncontrolled deer overpopulation. That brought back animals such as beavers and the resulting aquatic habitats for aquarian flora and fauna.
The unnatural overpopulation by humans of the Tucson Valley and the concomitant overuse of subterranean water has unnaturally lowered the subterranean aquifer that was near the surface. That and the planet earth's warming climate have eliminated the year-round surface water in certain streams in the valley.
I fear the planet Earth's climate change and the current pandemic or another even more virulent pandemic may be the way the overpopulation of the planet Earth by humans will be brought under control. As a Father, Grandfather, and Great-Grandfather, I find that extremely depressing!
Humans wipe out forever entire species of other fauna on land and in the oceans every single day! And that is also very depressing!
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