Cooper's hawk on the hunt, chasing bats.

jeffryscott
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p.1 #1 · Cooper's hawk on the hunt, chasing bats.

Adult Cooper's hawk male on the hunt, chasing bats. I have seen kestrels take bats before, but never seen Cooper's hunt them. Pre-sunrise. Tucson, AZ at Sweetwater Wetlands. And a few of this male's juveniles interacting while waiting for him to deliver food.

ILCE-1 300-600mm F4 DG OS | Sports 025 lens 600mm f/4.0 1/1000s 800 ISO 0.0 EV

ILCE-1 300-600mm F4 DG OS | Sports 025 lens 600mm f/4.0 1/1000s 2000 ISO +1.0 EV

ILCE-1 300-600mm F4 DG OS | Sports 025 lens 600mm f/4.0 1/1000s 800 ISO 0.0 EV

ILCE-1 300-600mm F4 DG OS | Sports 025 lens 393mm f/4.0 1/2000s 400 ISO +0.3 EV

ILCE-1 300-600mm F4 DG OS | Sports 025 lens 455mm f/4.0 1/2000s 400 ISO +0.3 EV

ILCE-1 300-600mm F4 DG OS | Sports 025 lens 301mm f/4.0 1/2000s 400 ISO +0.3 EV

ILCE-1 300-600mm F4 DG OS | Sports 025 lens 600mm f/4.0 1/2000s 3200 ISO 0.0 EV

ILCE-1 300-600mm F4 DG OS | Sports 025 lens 512mm f/4.0 1/2000s 3200 ISO +0.7 EV

ILCE-1 300-600mm F4 DG OS | Sports 025 lens 479mm f/4.0 1/2000s 640 ISO +0.3 EV

ILCE-1 300-600mm F4 DG OS | Sports 025 lens 393mm f/4.0 1/2000s 400 ISO +0.3 EV

ILCE-1 300-600mm F4 DG OS | Sports 025 lens 530mm f/4.0 1/2000s 400 ISO +1.0 EV

Jul 05, 2026 at 09:13 PM

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p.1 #2 · Cooper's hawk on the hunt, chasing bats.

Excellent action set Jeffry

Morris

Jul 06, 2026 at 06:03 AM

Karl Witt
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p.1 #3 · Cooper's hawk on the hunt, chasing bats.

That's sheer craziness!!

Coopers chasing bats, that must be an amazing aerial act to follow Jeffry. #6

that's funny!

Nice target practice for you and you pulled off some great ones, thanks for sharing the madness

Karl

Jul 06, 2026 at 07:10 AM

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p.1 #4 · Cooper's hawk on the hunt, chasing bats.

Agree great action set. Don't see many bats on here or two hawks in the same frame. Nice captures.

John

Jul 06, 2026 at 09:16 AM


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