Young Hawk Poem by Glen Kappy

Thanks for your comment, Rob. The hawk referred to was a nearly full-grown Cooper's. Its high-pitched and repeated cries carried in the early morning air and seemed like crying. I generally relate animal behavior to our own. -Glen

thank you, neal. there's a park just two blocks away or so (the one with all the elms) that's been the birthing place of many cooper's hawks. it just struck me out walking early recently that this nearly full-sized hawk was crying (a high-pitched piercing sound) as though it were smaller and still in the nest. -glen