There’s a nesting pair in a tree in the neighbor’s yard, but we see them hanging out in our trees and fence line quite a lot. The squirrels and the doves, though… not seeing much of them lately.
by eogreen
There’s a nesting pair in a tree in the neighbor’s yard, but we see them hanging out in our trees and fence line quite a lot. The squirrels and the doves, though… not seeing much of them lately.
by eogreen
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Please send it over to my yard for an easy hunt. My yard is full of freshly weaned squirrels with no survival instincts, so they will be an easy lunch. I had one in my hanging plant on the back patio that couldn’t figure out how to get down. I had to go help it. Even standing right in front of the pot it didn’t get down. I had to grab it by tail and lift it off of the potted plant.
ETA: This looks like a broad winged hawk, and we are on the edge of their migration route. Welcome little hunter. Please eat your fill while passing through.
A few years back, I was walking over campus and noticed a bunch of people looking up into a tree. In the tree, a hawk was taking apart a squirrel. As I continued to my parking garage, I saw another hawk dive into a tree and narrowly miss another squirrel.
That is so cool, thankks for sharing.
We’ve got a pair of (what we think are) broad-winged hawks that come back every spring to nest in our backyard neighbors’ trees. They are incredibly fun to watch! (We also have a nesting pair of great horned owls in the fall because my neighborhood is magical.)
Got a pair of broaden hawks nesting next door to me. Watching them build a nest, hunt and fly around the last 4 weeks has been great. Saw them mate on a tree too. So they’ll be around awhile I think.
Great picture!