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September 04, 2006
Hosting Hawks
Sometimes bird feeders attract the wrong birds.
There are several bird feeders in the area, the hawks visit them in rotation. I have seen one fly through the carport of the house across the street, out the side and swoop around the house to dive on the little birds scattering away from the attack. On this side of the street, the hawk has learned he can sit in the top of the elm tree on the south side of the house and scope out the situation at the bird feeder that is on the north side of the house. Then, when there is enough activity there, he drops straight down out of the tree, flies low along the side of the house, and pops up over the fence right by the feeder.
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Posted on September 4, 2006 08:39 PM by bird f470.
Filed in Pet Channel under bird feeders.
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I want hawk pleace.
Posted by: graelo at March 20, 2007 08:10 PM
Furthermore, the hawk in this picture appears to be an immature red shouldered hawk. This is what Audubon has to say about this species: "it hunts by watching quietly from a low perch, dropping down to capture snakes and frogs. It also eats insects and small mammals. Normally shay, these birds become tame if they are not persecuted." (The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds, p. 429)
Posted by: E Smith at September 6, 2006 09:56 AM
I don't mind you copying my writing and posting it here, not too much, although you could have asked permission. What I dislike about this is that your quotation makes it seem as if I do not appreciate the hawks, whereas my post makes it clear that I do. Plus, your picture, which you added to my writing, is not of either a Cooper's Hawk or a Sharp shinned hawk, which is what I have in my yard and mention in my post.
Posted by: E Smith at September 5, 2006 05:19 PM
