This guy sat and watched the bird feeders for quite a while today, until he spotted me taking his picture. That shape is a dead giveaway for a Red-tailed hawk, even when you can’t see the back and the tail.
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It’s been trying to snow since about 11am this morning, with indifferent success. The temperature is getting colder though, and freezing rain is supposed to follow the snow late tonight and much of tomorrow.
This female Hairy Woodpecker decided to take advantage of the opportunity to stock up on some suet
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This Sharp-sinned hawk was, I suspect, eyeing the birds who were enthusiastically feeding after the massive amounts of snow dumped the previous day. I thought at first that it was a Cooper’s Hawk; they tend to hang out at bird feeders since they prey on smaller birds. But it’s often difficult to distinguish a Cooper’s Hawk from a Sharp-shinned hawk. I have therefore appealed to a higher authority for a final determination. Said authority said:
The spots on the back suggest Cooper’s Hawk, but the head shape, the pale line over the eye, and the limited white at the tip of the tail say Sharp-shinned.
The official verdict, based in part on the size of the bird: Sharp-shinned.
I made a short video of the unspecified hawk.
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Yes, it’s a terrible picture, but I had my phone so I went with it. The squirrel was, as always, attempting to raid the squirrel-proof feeder.
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