I was finally able to snap a photo of this beautiful bird that’s been visiting my backyard the past few months.

Many times lately, upon rising in the morning I look out my house’s big broad windows and see him perched on a branch in the same tree, back where the yard turns more wild and diverges into woods, no doubt where he has his nest hidden somewhere among the thickness.

I asked my uncle, who’s quite the bird expect, for help identifying him, and he believes it to be a Cooper’s Hawk.  I was glad to finally be able to give our visitor a name!

(My uncle, by the way, is an amazing photographer who takes lots of bird photos, and definitely puts my one blurry bird photo to shame.  You can check out his website here.)