Good Morning All. Snowy landscape and mid 20's and we had a visitor at breakfast..LSA spotted a hawk in the neighbors tree and we watched it swoop down to perch on the fence. In a flash our formerly backyard full of birds (cardinals, mourning doves, sparrows, nuthatches) and a couple squirrels all made themselves quite scarce. The hawk made a pass at the yew bush (full of sparrows)and perched on the 4X4 fence post by the wood rack. By the time I got the batteries in the camera, the hawk departed. What kind you ask? Red-shouldered hawk - Buteo lineatus.
Well, good luck to him, or the birds, depends on who you're rooting for :~) I've seen a hawk sweep little birds off our feeder twice.
Our kittens have a mouse they've been tossing about the yard. It's a hard world, for the little things.
I've got some squirrels running around here if your hawk is still hungry...
hawks is kewl...
she-bob thecat surprised me tuhday... went intuh the old lean-to tuh checheck on 'em, and she had a little bird stuffed so far down throat that only the feet and tail were stickin' out... rather have 'em eatin rodents tho'...
had a magnificent buck at 7 yards this evenin', and me with a muzzle loader and an already-filled buck gun-tag... I was lookin' fer a good meat-doe, but he came amblin' by... I was leanin' against a white oak, wind in muh favor... he had a beautiful tall and wide beam, 8 to 10 inch tines... woulda been an 8-pointer, but his right antler was busted off... he'll be a hoser next year... I wanna see the buck that broke his antler... I think I know the culprit... he was the monster that ran right under muh stand a month ago hot after a estrous doe...
that and the flock of 19 turkeys I saw made for a great hunt...
(sip)