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- Oct 3, 2012
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We've got a lot of birds in the backyard as we have several feeders. Sometimes it goes quiet and we know one of the neighborhood hawks is in the area. We've watched them watch and wait, with an occasional grab attempt, fairly often. Like most natural predators they come up empty more than they score a hit.
But one hawk has figured out a pretty clever way to up the odds of a successful swoop. He flies into the bush near the sunroom where several birds shelter and flushes them out toward the sunroom. A few always whack into the window, which stuns them and then he just snatches them off the ground. At first I thought perhaps it was a lucky break, and maybe it was, but the hawk has apparently learned the trick works. He just did it again, which is the 3rd time I've witnessed it.
We've also got a bald eagle visiting the area. I've seen them closer to the river before, but never hanging out over in my neighborhood.
But one hawk has figured out a pretty clever way to up the odds of a successful swoop. He flies into the bush near the sunroom where several birds shelter and flushes them out toward the sunroom. A few always whack into the window, which stuns them and then he just snatches them off the ground. At first I thought perhaps it was a lucky break, and maybe it was, but the hawk has apparently learned the trick works. He just did it again, which is the 3rd time I've witnessed it.
We've also got a bald eagle visiting the area. I've seen them closer to the river before, but never hanging out over in my neighborhood.