Anguish and distress.

More panic in large.

This juvenile Cooper's Hawk was not inside of a cage (as it seems to appear), he was in a tree next to a fenced in rooftop. The flat rooftop in question has a 3 foot high fence around it and recently netting was added, across the top of that fence, in an effort to keep the pigeons off of the roof. As I looked up to see where the piercing cries were coming from, I spotted this hawk and another hawk behind the fence. It took me a minute to realize that the bird on the other side of the fence was the one in trouble. It must have gone in after prey and gotten stuck. I'd guess that it is this fellow's mother from the looks of her.

I went downtown today to have my camera's sensor cleaned at a local camera shop. I dropped the dusty camera off and they worked on it while I shopped and shot a few images. $70 later, I picked up my clean and sparkly camera. On my way out, I was greeted by the young hawk in the back parking lot. It was making a terrible, loud wailing noise and had its plumage in this outstretched position for quite some time. I wasn't sure what to do. Eventually, I ended up going back into the camera shop, where the guy that had helped me assured me that he would call the owners of the building and have them take the netting down so the Momma hawk could leave. Earlier we had been discussing, in great length, bird photography and he seemed very concerned about wildlife... So, I have a good feeling that he will follow through with the task. I'll check back tomorrow to see if they were successful. After I went back to the parking lot, the hawk in the tree remained, however, it was quiet and his plumage was smoothed. I have a small bit of hope that the other bird has already made it out... but time will tell.

Unfortunately, all of the hawk shots were against a bright but overcast sky... I didn't really have a choice as I was shooting from the ground. For some of the shots, I had moved so that the fence was no longer in the background and caught him tucking his big clawed foot up into his chest. I thought it was interesting and posted it on Flicker for you to see.