Looking out over the lily pads, a few of which are confused by the weather and are in bloom, I spied a Green Heron in the middle of the lake on a lily pad. I focused my binocs on it and was surprised to observe a Coopers Hawk. While I had just seen one flying from a tree hanging over the water a couple of days ago, I had never seen one out on the lake. I was trying to get Cherie focused on the bird, when I saw it take flight, metamorphosing into an unmistakable Green Heron on the wing. I got my glasses focused and confirmed its ID and then it turned its head, hiding the long beak, and meta-morphed back into a Coopers Hawk right as I watched.
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