Local Birds 
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Young Cooper's Hawks, Allendale 7/7/2012
Young Cooper's Hawks, Allendale 7/7/2012

Juvenile Cooper's Hawk, Allendale 7/4/2012
Juvenile Cooper's Hawk, Allendale 7/4/2012

Juvenile Cooper's Hawk being fed, Allendale 7/4/2012
Juvenile Cooper's Hawk being fed, Allendale 7/4/2012

Juvenile Cooper's Hawk, Allendale 7/4/2012
Juvenile Cooper's Hawk, Allendale 7/4/2012

Juvenile Cooper's Hawk, Allendale 7/4/2012
Juvenile Cooper's Hawk, Allendale 7/4/2012

Another Tern smash and grab sequence... a chick is given a fish by a parent
Another Tern smash and grab sequence... a chick is given a fish by a parent

In swoops a bandit...
In swoops a bandit...

and attacks the chick
and attacks the chick

The fish is dropped...
The fish is dropped...

and the chick is left hungry.
and the chick is left hungry.

1 - Parent delivers fish to Common Tern chick
1 - Parent delivers fish to Common Tern chick

2 - Chick attempts to eat fish
2 - Chick attempts to eat fish

3 - An adult Common Tern swoops in and steals the fish
3 - An adult Common Tern swoops in and steals the fish

4 - The Tern chick is left stunned and fishless
4 - The Tern chick is left stunned and fishless

Common Tern, Nickerson Beach 7/1/2012
Common Tern, Nickerson Beach 7/1/2012

Common Terns, Nickerson Beach 7/1/2012
Common Terns, Nickerson Beach 7/1/2012

Common Tern, Nickerson Beach 7/1/2012
Common Tern, Nickerson Beach 7/1/2012

American Oystercatcher, Nickerson Beach 7/1/2012
American Oystercatcher, Nickerson Beach 7/1/2012

American Oystercatcher (juvenile), Nickerson Beach 7/1/2012 (dark eye, dark area at the end of the bill, and scaly look to the back)
American Oystercatcher (juvenile), Nickerson Beach 7/1/2012 (dark eye, dark area at the end of the bill, and scaly look to the back)

Male Cooper's Hawk, Allendale 6/30/2012
Male Cooper's Hawk, Allendale 6/30/2012

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