I stepped outside our sliding doors to check the suet feeder hanging off the corner of our deck. I had lifted the upside-down feeder to see if I needed to replace the suet or not. I straightened up and was looking out over the yard when I noticed a larger bird sweeping in from my left. I turned my head to look at it and realized it was a Cooper's Hawk and he was coming in fast and low. He swung in just below eye level and only about five feet from where I was standing. The hawk dropped in quickly and disappeared from sight as he crashed into some shrubs planted along our fence. I watched as he loudly moved through the bushes and then flew up to roost in a neighbor's tree. I was trying to figure out what the hawk was doing when a Fox Sparrow flushed from the same area of shrubs and flew across the yard to hide in a large lavender bush. The Coop made at least one more swing over our yard before I had to pack up and leave for the day. It was a very cool way to start the morning!
9/4/2007 10:34 PM
Dana wrote:
I had an experience like that with a red-tailed hawk once. Except it was checking out the squirrels. It swooped low over the yard, and I could see its sharp eye as it surveyed every hiding spot in our yard. Breathtaking! Reply to this
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