3.30.23 Washington Park, Chicago, IL

American Crow and a Cooper's Hawk. 

Coopers Hawk can be easily identified as a hawk in flight by their "flap-flap-glide" flight.

Unlike falcons, Cooper's Hawks squeeze their prey until they die or drown them.

Two views of the same younger Red-tailed Hawk

Two views of the same older Red-tailed Hawk

Coopers Hawk

Coopers Hawk

Canada goose and Mallards

Canada goose and Wood Ducks

Mallards

Mallard

This Horned grebe appears to be in the middle of molting, so has some reddish and some grey feathers.

American Crow

Canada Geese

Wood duck

Wood ducks

Ring-billed Gulls

Red-winged Blackbird

European Starling

European Starling

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