Adult Cooper’s Hawk’s Catch - a photo on Flickriver

            Ned Harris says "This one is an older adult. The red eye is the key to aging this individual."

It is perched on the rim of my birdbath In Tucson, Arizona, USA.

I’ve been wondering why all the new White-Winged Doves had disappeared. If this Adult Cooper’s Hawk eats one a day, that could explain it. It's part of the natural order of things. Predators keep the population of the prey animals in check. That enables more diversity and prevents starvation of unlimited over-population of the predator's prey.

All animals have their purpose in the natural order. That's why returning wolves to Yellowstone Park in Colorado and protecting them has brought back plants including trees that had been overgrazed by the uncontrolled deer overpopulation. That brought back animals such as beavers and the resulting aquatic habitats for aquarian flora and fauna. 

The unnatural overpopulation by humans of the Tucson Valley and the concomitant overuse of subterranean water has unnaturally lowered the subterranean aquifer that was near the surface. That and the planet earth's warming climate have eliminated the year-round surface water in certain streams in the valley.

I fear the planet Earth's climate change and the current pandemic or another even more virulent pandemic may be the way the overpopulation of the planet Earth by humans will be brought under control. As a Father, Grandfather, and Great-Grandfather, I find that extremely depressing!

Humans wipe out forever entire species of other fauna on land and in the oceans every single day! And that is also very depressing!

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Taken on: June 12, 2020

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Camera: Canon PowerShot SX70 HS, f/6.5, 1/640 sec, 247mm, ISO 800 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon PowerShot SX70 HS
Aperture:	f/6.5
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/640)
Focal Length:	247mm
ISO:	800
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
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