An adult Sharp-shinned Hawk spent several minutes in the yard this morning, allowing for a bit of video and a few photos out the 2nd floor window. A songbird of some sort was silly enough to land above the hawk which quickly took off after it. I didn't see the outcome.
A brief video of the hawk surveying the yard.
Just prior to take off.
I see very few "Sharpies" in the yard always wishing more would stop by, they're such a colorful raptor.
Hi Phil. More great images! Your Sharp-shinned Hawk looks a bit like our Sparrowhawk, and sounds as if it has similar habits! I always have mixed feelings when one of these arrives in our garden (yard) - a thrill at seeing a magnificent raptor, and fear for our regular garden birds.
ReplyDeleteThanks Richard, I have Cooper's Hawks, the Sharp-shinned's larger cousin, fairly regularly through the year but would love to see these smaller raptors a bit more often. I do feel bad for the birds that get taken and what a way to have to live, hoping you're not the next meal but watching nature take it's course I always find fascinating.
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