Cooper's Hawk Healing by TomDart

Photography • Animals • posted on Mar 01, 2010

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This is a beautiful raptor, a medium sized hawk and not large when seen closely. This one is missing most of its tail feathers from some incident perhaps when hunting for food. This hawk is expected to recover for release but time will tell. These are excitable birds and react to stress. This hawk has helped me..I have been in a deep hole lacking creativity and a decent photo like this is about all I can offer. Well, I am pleased to offer this photo to be viewed but wish so much to be back to the creative freedom I have felt before. Stress in me is why and I know where most of it originates..like a curtain to creative thinking and freedom found in joy, stress is a real downer for me now. I want this bird to make it. Regrow the tail feathers and fly again. When it does, by then my creative spirit may have been found again and perhaps show in my photographs. For now, I am grateful for what nature has provided to bring its flavor of joy and beauty.

Comments (18)

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DavyJo

10:15PM | Mon, 01 March 2010

Hope the bird makes it, and you find the creativeness again :)

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micturn

10:24PM | Mon, 01 March 2010

Nicely taken, great DOF

CaressingTheDark

10:35PM | Mon, 01 March 2010

beautiful and majestic

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blinkings

10:44PM | Mon, 01 March 2010

What a great photo of a stunning bird.

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psyoshida

11:10PM | Mon, 01 March 2010

Gorgeous bird. I hope he recovers soon, he is in good hands so I'm sure he will. Wonderful shot.

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jendellas

3:28AM | Tue, 02 March 2010

Lovely shot of this beautiful bird. Take care!!!!!

MrsLubner

9:18AM | Tue, 02 March 2010

Tom, I can't get over how you presented those breast feathers in this! They are amazing. The profile really accents the tools of his trade. He looks young and eager so perhaps he will heal quickly and go back to his wild home soon... As you will find your core again and spin off into new adventures and creativity.

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watapki66

4:15PM | Tue, 02 March 2010

Wonderful shot! I took a photo a few months ago of what I thought was a red shouldered hawk, but it looks so much like this one that I may have misidentified it! Thanks for the info too!

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sandra46

4:19PM | Tue, 02 March 2010

ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIC SHOT!!!!

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kgb224

8:25AM | Thu, 04 March 2010

Superb capture my friend. May The Lord remove all your stress with the wipe of His hand. God Bless

lucindawind

1:48PM | Fri, 05 March 2010

he is very beautiful fantastic shot

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marybelgium

8:07AM | Thu, 11 March 2010

superbe !

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jeroni

5:44PM | Fri, 12 March 2010

Wonderful photo.

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dochtersions

7:35AM | Sun, 28 March 2010

I really love very much the outcome of the feathers in his colors. Hoping your stress-level has coming a lot lower, after this great result. Oh, I very well know what stress can do ....'(

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tennesseecowgirl

7:56PM | Fri, 16 April 2010

Beautifully captured, and sorry to read about the stress you are feeling. I know I have been through a lot of it as well this past year, but for me I try to stay as busy as I can and that helps to erase some of it, I hope for the birds release still, I heard I had just missed you the day you went out to the lake, I was sorry to miss you. And maybe I can suggest taking some sort of photography hike/workshop or class they have been very inspirational to me. Good luck.

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