Followup: One of the rascals flew into a nearby yard: probably not a raven. More likely a dimensionally gifted (big-ass) crow.
About the size of a Coopers Hawk - but shorter tail.
About the size of a Coopers Hawk - but shorter tail.
Window Watching Notes
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Geezer, this cloudy morning, I managed to capture a picture of the Sharp-shinned hawk that has been a resident of the neighborhood for several years now. This raptor will sit patiently for hours in the small Dogwood that grows in my side yard waiting for the moment to capture his meal. Usually the meal is a song bird from the feeder or a pigeon from my neighbor's small flock.
Sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter striatus) ruffled this morning.
Sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter striatus) ruffled this morning.
You hafta enter that one in a contest or something.
Well now: I've been spending more time at window (not really by choice, but-it beats the alternative !)
BIG flocks of geese last few days-multiple flocks-well into the hundreds: all flying off to work in the morning, and back "home" in the evening.
I'm thinking our year-round population is being bolstered by some migratory flocks, heading north.
BIG flocks of geese last few days-multiple flocks-well into the hundreds: all flying off to work in the morning, and back "home" in the evening.
I'm thinking our year-round population is being bolstered by some migratory flocks, heading north.
The Sharp-shinned has returned! The moment the winter weather takes a turn for the worst, this raptor begins prowling the neighborhood bird feeders. It is waiting to pounce on a careless sparrow in the holly below.
Beautiful shot !
I'm in a rehab center (Manor Care) at moment, and the outside world seems miles away.
I'm in a rehab center (Manor Care) at moment, and the outside world seems miles away.
Beautiful shot !
I'm in a rehab center (Manor Care) at moment, and the outside world seems miles away.
Deptford area?? My aunt was there for 5 years.