Recently, several Dallas Retirement Village residents have asked me about a hawk that has been seen in the backyards of the east-side Garden Homes. This photo is I believe what they have been seeing, taken on March 13th, a Cooper's Hawk. They are the most common of a group of hawks known as Accipiters, which prey on other birds. Here at DRV, they seem to prefer the small Pine Siskins which we have hanging around in flocks in the trees between the Garden Homes. In past years we have been able to observe the Cooper's nesting in tall trees in the Dallas City Park, which as "the crow flies", is just a short distance away from DRV.
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