Marine Park Salt Marsh, 1/10/2021

Cooper's hawk (juvenile), Marine Park Salt Marsh

I think this is a juvenile Cooper’s hawk, but I never saw its ventral side, and I still have trouble with hawks, so I’m not sure.

Deep in Marine Park Salt Marsh, all you can hear is the stridulation of phragmites and the distant cawing of brants, and you would have no idea you were in New York City if you didn’t, from time to time, stumble onto something like this:

Hull of wrecked car, Marine Park Salt Marsh

Hull of wrecked car, Marine Park Salt Marsh

Cooper's hawk (juvenile), Marine Park Salt Marsh