The infamous "turtle hawk"

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EDGEMAN

Posted: 09/29/2023 at 09:24 AM ET

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Cooper Hawk in the last two days visiting our feeders (Midlothian-VA) -- 132863Hokie Sep 29, 2023 at 08:28 AM ET

132863Hokie • 09/29/23 08:28 AM ET

This guy showed up in the trees at my parent's -- hokiehunter07 Sep 29, 2023 at 01:14 PM ET

hokiehunter07 • 09/29/23 01:14 PM ET

Have a similar pic somewhere from Iowa -- Vienna_Hokie Sep 29, 2023 at 03:31 PM ET

Vienna_Hokie • 09/29/23 03:31 PM ET

Certainly looks like he's eating well.** -- MikeVT85 Sep 29, 2023 at 12:30 PM ET

MikeVT85 • 09/29/23 12:30 PM ET

Arrival of hawks, signals minimalizing of squirrel population. Love it.** -- Stork Sep 29, 2023 at 11:11 AM ET

Stork • 09/29/23 11:11 AM ET

Weird Hawk story...several years ago I'm out in my driveway getting -- Tuckahokie Sep 29, 2023 at 10:45 AM ET

Tuckahokie • 09/29/23 10:45 AM ET

Eaten by a fox or racoon. -- Late 80s Hokie Sep 29, 2023 at 01:09 PM ET

Late 80s Hokie • 09/29/23 01:09 PM ET

Midlo too. I think we had a Sharp Shinned visit a while back -- RichwebHokie Sep 29, 2023 at 10:24 AM ET

RichwebHokie • 09/29/23 10:24 AM ET

Owls are really cool. We hear one at night here. Western Screetch owl** -- HwoodHokie Sep 29, 2023 at 01:30 PM ET

HwoodHokie • 09/29/23 01:30 PM ET

We had the owls all summer until recently ** -- RhinoVT Sep 29, 2023 at 10:32 AM ET

RhinoVT • 09/29/23 10:32 AM ET

Also live in Midlothian. Came home one night recently to find a beautiful -- HokieDan95 Sep 29, 2023 at 09:42 AM ET

HokieDan95 • 09/29/23 09:42 AM ET

Do you hear them at night? -- EDGEMAN Sep 29, 2023 at 09:55 AM ET

EDGEMAN • 09/29/23 09:55 AM ET

I can hear them hoot now and then** -- HokieDan95 Sep 29, 2023 at 02:00 PM ET

HokieDan95 • 09/29/23 02:00 PM ET

We heard a screech owl a few weeks ago, but haven't heard it since. -- reestuart Sep 29, 2023 at 12:28 PM ET

reestuart • 09/29/23 12:28 PM ET

Those guys sound like a horror movie.** -- EDGEMAN Sep 29, 2023 at 06:01 PM ET

EDGEMAN • 09/29/23 06:01 PM ET

When I came home Tuesday from work a Redtail had flown through the -- UsherDog2008 Sep 29, 2023 at 09:38 AM ET

UsherDog2008 • 09/29/23 09:38 AM ET

We've had coopers nesting in our neighborhood, but haven't seen... -- EDGEMAN Sep 29, 2023 at 09:26 AM ET

EDGEMAN • 09/29/23 09:26 AM ET

Bet you don't have any mice issues** -- vawter85 Sep 29, 2023 at 09:01 AM ET

vawter85 • 09/29/23 09:01 AM ET

Also in Midlo, this guy is around a lot ** -- RhinoVT Sep 29, 2023 at 08:55 AM ET

RhinoVT • 09/29/23 08:55 AM ET

Wow, that's pretty good. I have a bird book that says: -- `lag Sep 29, 2023 at 08:34 AM ET

`lag • 09/29/23 08:34 AM ET

Those two look practically identical. -- EDGEMAN Sep 29, 2023 at 09:27 AM ET

EDGEMAN • 09/29/23 09:27 AM ET

well, yeah, said book showed their silhouettes at a distance... -- `lag Sep 29, 2023 at 10:08 AM ET

`lag • 09/29/23 10:08 AM ET

They're pretty fast, so it's tough to pick that out. -- EDGEMAN Sep 29, 2023 at 05:59 PM ET

EDGEMAN • 09/29/23 05:59 PM ET

Then what's this one .. -- Vienna_Hokie Sep 29, 2023 at 08:57 AM ET

Vienna_Hokie • 09/29/23 08:57 AM ET

Oh that’s easy -- HOKIE Sep 29, 2023 at 01:43 PM ET

HOKIE • 09/29/23 01:43 PM ET

The infamous "turtle hawk"** ◄ -- EDGEMAN Sep 29, 2023 at 09:24 AM ET

EDGEMAN • 09/29/23 09:24 AM ET

Any relation?** -- Vienna_Hokie Sep 29, 2023 at 10:13 AM ET

Vienna_Hokie • 09/29/23 10:13 AM ET