Saturday, January 26, 2008

Sharp-shinned Hawk


This Sharp- shinned Hawk appeared at our feeders twice yesterday. Both times it stayed for quite a while and seemed to be in no hurry to leave, then suddenly; it would give chase to a small bird nearby.

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4 comments:

  1. I wish my picture had been as good as yours! Wow! Scary looking guy for sure. No wonder the downy freezes up and doesn't move.

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  2. This bird seemed quite comfortable with me taking its picture and after taking a few from my window: I went outside and took a few from the street as well. It really helps when your subject is tht cooperative.

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  3. Island... I think that this Sharp-shinned is probably visiting our feeders more often than I see it, for our feeder bird numbers have been down recently. Yesterday I had a close encounter with it. As I was refilling our feeders it momentarily touched on a post about 2 feet from me! We were both somewhat surprised.

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