I have a big red hawk that swoops down and perches right next to a dove nest off my back porch. I know when he or she arrives as all the birds and squirrels go utterly silent.
Come to think of it, I haven’t seen much of either the last few months. The hawk must have a nest close by.
“I have a big red hawk that swoops down and perches right next to a dove nest off my back porch. I know when he or she arrives as all the birds and squirrels go utterly silent.
Come to think of it, I haven’t seen much of either the last few months. The hawk must have a nest close by.”
My office has two windows that look out into the edge of a 100 acre wooded area full of hawks and owls.
Over the years I noticed a cycle of when the squirrels and chipmunks were prolific, the raptors would move in and pick the off. Have seen both owls and hawks nail little critters right at the window.
When food is plentiful the hawks simple gut the animal on the ground, fly off with the innards and leave the carcass on the ground.
And it’s always attention getting when it goes totally silent outside.