White crowns - 22 Nov 2018
This morning the feeder activity here at Brownton Abbey included a White-crowned Sparrow. This lovely adult bird was displaying its gorgeous white crown stripes despite the low light.
Everything scattered when this juvenile Cooper's Hawk blasted through the yard looking for a meal. Though it dipped it flew to the trees at the edge of the woods and perched for almost 20 minutes. While it scanned its surrounding I noticed the amount of white feathering on the back of the head.
I then took a 120 fps HD video and slowed down playback to 24 fps (5X) for a super slow-motion video. Watch at the end of the video when the bird takes off directly into the camera. Pretty cool.
Brownton Abbey, 26340 Higgins Way, Wayne, Michigan, US
Nov 22, 2018 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Checklist Comments: Yard
2 species
Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) 1
White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) 1
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Nov 22, 2018 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Protocol: Stationary
Checklist Comments: Yard
2 species
Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) 1
White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) 1
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S1
This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)
