Hello, At the Winged Deer trip I ended up in a smaller group away from the others, we were trying to see an ovenbird. I am ashamed to say I don't really know many names yet. But around that area, there was a mysterious sound that made one fellow who knows his bird sounds say, "What was that?" They thought possibly it was the Broad-winged Hawk that had flown over. It was a single loud chirp that repeated a few times. Today I was back at Winged Deer near the Cooper's Hawk nest (around noon), and I saw the female Cooper's Hawk land in a tree. I saw her making that sound! She had a kill in her talons. I tried to get some photos, they aren't great but you can make her out. As I was leaving, what looked like a first-year male Cooper's Hawk swooped in, and either mated with her or stole her lunch. I couldn't tell what was going on, there was so much flapping. Heather Jones Piney Flats, TN
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