catch & hold

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Wayne Mallinger from Madisonville in Monroe County, East Tennessee sent me this remarkable series of photos: a Cooper's hawk in Wayne's backyard. The raptor had just caught a mourning dove.

Wayne e-mailed, "I believe it was a dove. It was still flopping around when the hawk was trying to pin it down (photo 1). I took the photos from about 75 feet away. I was shaking, shocked at what I was witnessing."

Wow!

Thanks, Wayne.

- Photos by Wayne Mallinger

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