This Sharp-shinned Hawk showed up in our neighborhood this
morning in Salemtowne. Jeanette spotted it in a neighbors tree across the common area. Sharp-shinned
Hawks are members of a group of hawks called Accipiters that feed on other
birds. This is a small group with only
three species found in North America, the Sharp-shinned, the Cooper’s, and the
Northern Goshawk. This Sharp-shinned was
not interested in the sunflower seeds in our feeder, but in the birds that
would be at our feeder. This hawk is a hunter, and the pretty little song birds
that I have written about of late, the Finches and the Juncos are the hunted. I
believe this was a female, and she left after a short time as our yard was
empty of any little song birds, and it was afternoon before any brave ones
appeared.
Beautiful! Reminds me of the Cooper's that come into our backyard sporadically.
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