Tag Archives: hawks

Breakfast Club

Posted on February 21, 2013 by

I had a new friend show up for breakfast yesterday morning–a sharp-shinned hawk.  There he sat minute after minute, sometimes scouring the surroundings for fresh meat, other times preening and scratching.  He was oblivious to my dog and only glanced … Continue reading →

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Waiting for a Turn?

Posted on February 5, 2013 by

This guy seems to be scouting, possibly waiting for a turn at the water cooler.  Hmm, maybe not.

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More from My Friendly Neighborhood Killer

Posted on November 14, 2012 by

Beak and claw and piercing glare, seeing through bushes to the quaking heart of lunch. I should hate your blue-grey beauty; I should despise you ochre razors, sharpened for the grab. But . . . Oh, you are lovely, at … Continue reading →

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He’s Back and He’s Not . . .

Posted on November 13, 2012 by

. . . vegan!  I may have hoped he would have had a change of heart somewhere along the the line.  But I don’t think he came on by my feeders for light conversation. However, as long as I don’t … Continue reading →

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I Witnessed a Murder

Posted on March 24, 2012 by

I witnessed a murder, and I’m complicit! My majestic Cooper’s Hawk is much more admirable sitting on my fence preening, posing, scanning— scanning for an anonymous lunch. But this lunch was screaming! It was the screaming that got my attention— … Continue reading →

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Alice . . . oh, Alice!

Posted on March 4, 2012 by

Alice, where are you?  . . . Excuse me, sir, but have you seen Alice?

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Coffee Break!

Posted on December 16, 2011 by

. . . or at least spill!  My “friendly” Cooper’s Hawk returned, and of course I jumped up to take a picture through my newly cleaned, and expansively so, window!  See what happens when you clean the whole thing! Problem:  I … Continue reading →

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Feeling Hawkish?

Posted on December 2, 2011 by

I had planned another blog for today, but I had a visitor call, and I thought I’d share him / her with you.  I have been trying to catch pictures of the birds at my feeder, but they don’t like … Continue reading →

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