http://lsloma.smugmug.com/gallery/2151303_p3qvi/ 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://www.smugmug.com/img/feed-icon.png Animals Wed, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 -0800 Mon, 20 Nov 2006 01:12:28 -0800 http://www.smugmug.com/ Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. 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