1:37 AM – A couple of summers ago we saw a Cooper’s Hawk (aka Chicken Hawk) bathing in the dog’s wading pool. We got some still pictures (no videos). He spent about five minutes in the pool, and five more drying himself on a fence post. He was big, and wasn’t at all fearful about being in the open for so long.

Wet hawk.

Wet hawk with really dangerous looking beak.

In the image below you can seem a female Cardinal keeping watch while the hawk dries out. She sat there for several minutes. The size difference is enormous.