Before I checked a birding guide I thought this was one of the local Evanston (Illinois) peregrine falcons. Now I think maybe it's a Cooper's hawk. It showed up in an Evanston back yard. It took a good hour for it to finish the pigeon it killed, and when it was done there was nothing-- nothing-- but feathers left in the yard. And just for the sake of completeness: these pictures were taken about one or so in the afternoon on November 19, 2006. I haven't processed the photos at all. I haven't even cropped them. http://lsloma.smugmug.com/Animals/Neighborhood-Falcon/IMG0827/111538653_3FjfH-Ti.jpg http://lsloma.smugmug.com/gallery/2151303_p3qvi/ 2006-11-19T17:12:28Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://lsloma.smugmug.com">Laurence Sloma</a> </p><p><a href="http://lsloma.smugmug.com/Animals/Neighborhood-Falcon/2151303_p3qvi#111538653_3FjfH" title="Laurence Sloma's photo"><img src="http://lsloma.smugmug.com/Animals/Neighborhood-Falcon/IMG0827/111538653_3FjfH-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Laurence Sloma's photo" title="Laurence Sloma's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-15T15:26:28Z Laurence Sloma http://lsloma.smugmug.com http://lsloma.smugmug.com/Animals/Neighborhood-Falcon/IMG0827/111538653_3FjfH-Th.jpg 2006-11-19 14:09:13 <p><a href="http://lsloma.smugmug.com">Laurence Sloma</a> </p><p><a href="http://lsloma.smugmug.com/Animals/Neighborhood-Falcon/2151303_p3qvi#111539103_g4gTT" title="Laurence Sloma's photo"><img src="http://lsloma.smugmug.com/Animals/Neighborhood-Falcon/IMG0815/111539103_g4gTT-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Laurence Sloma's photo" title="Laurence Sloma's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-15T15:21:50Z Laurence Sloma http://lsloma.smugmug.com http://lsloma.smugmug.com/Animals/Neighborhood-Falcon/IMG0815/111539103_g4gTT-Th.jpg 2006-11-19 14:07:23 <p><a href="http://lsloma.smugmug.com">Laurence Sloma</a> </p><p><a href="http://lsloma.smugmug.com/Animals/Neighborhood-Falcon/2151303_p3qvi#111539516_rqd9v" title="Laurence Sloma's photo"><img src="http://lsloma.smugmug.com/Animals/Neighborhood-Falcon/IMG0814/111539516_rqd9v-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Laurence Sloma's photo" title="Laurence Sloma's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-15T15:25:57Z Laurence Sloma http://lsloma.smugmug.com http://lsloma.smugmug.com/Animals/Neighborhood-Falcon/IMG0814/111539516_rqd9v-Th.jpg 2006-11-19 14:07:11 <p><a href="http://lsloma.smugmug.com">Laurence Sloma</a> </p><p><a href="http://lsloma.smugmug.com/Animals/Neighborhood-Falcon/2151303_p3qvi#111539947_wQaqB" title="Laurence Sloma's photo"><img src="http://lsloma.smugmug.com/Animals/Neighborhood-Falcon/IMG0822/111539947_wQaqB-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Laurence Sloma's photo" title="Laurence Sloma's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T09:43:50Z Laurence Sloma http://lsloma.smugmug.com http://lsloma.smugmug.com/Animals/Neighborhood-Falcon/IMG0822/111539947_wQaqB-Th.jpg 2006-11-19 14:08:34 <p><a href="http://lsloma.smugmug.com">Laurence Sloma</a> </p><p><a href="http://lsloma.smugmug.com/Animals/Neighborhood-Falcon/2151303_p3qvi#111587787_hn9zG" title="Laurence Sloma's photo"><img src="http://lsloma.smugmug.com/Animals/Neighborhood-Falcon/IMG0828/111587787_hn9zG-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Laurence Sloma's photo" title="Laurence Sloma's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T10:23:54Z Laurence Sloma http://lsloma.smugmug.com http://lsloma.smugmug.com/Animals/Neighborhood-Falcon/IMG0828/111587787_hn9zG-Th.jpg 2006-11-19 14:09:17 <p><a href="http://lsloma.smugmug.com">Laurence Sloma</a> </p><p><a href="http://lsloma.smugmug.com/Animals/Neighborhood-Falcon/2151303_p3qvi#111587922_kgRPZ" title="Laurence Sloma's photo"><img src="http://lsloma.smugmug.com/Animals/Neighborhood-Falcon/IMG0804/111587922_kgRPZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Laurence Sloma's photo" title="Laurence Sloma's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T10:31:17Z Laurence Sloma http://lsloma.smugmug.com http://lsloma.smugmug.com/Animals/Neighborhood-Falcon/IMG0804/111587922_kgRPZ-Th.jpg 2006-11-19 14:05:08 <p><a href="http://lsloma.smugmug.com">Laurence Sloma</a> </p><p><a href="http://lsloma.smugmug.com/Animals/Neighborhood-Falcon/2151303_p3qvi#111588041_9wkAZ" title="Laurence Sloma's photo"><img src="http://lsloma.smugmug.com/Animals/Neighborhood-Falcon/IMG0802/111588041_9wkAZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Laurence Sloma's photo" title="Laurence Sloma's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-01T10:23:49Z Laurence Sloma http://lsloma.smugmug.com http://lsloma.smugmug.com/Animals/Neighborhood-Falcon/IMG0802/111588041_9wkAZ-Th.jpg 2006-11-19 14:04:56