Hawk In The Trees
My family and I were bird watching in our back yard one day and saw an interesting sight. We live in the country and my husband has made our place like a Club Med for birds. There are countless feeders and a spectacular variety of birds who drop in on seemingly rotating schedules. The redheaded Woodpeckers and Blue jays seem to compete for the same time slot. The Woodpeckers are more aggressive, so the Blue jays usually don't challenge them. We have Sparrows, and brown House wrens, Yellow Finches and of course Robins. Huge black birds swoop in and command the area, and the doves are cooing on the ground. There are also Red-winged black birds and a host of other birds I don't recognize. This particular day, we saw a shadow darken the yard and watched the birds all scatter to the surrounding trees. We wondered what caused the commotion, when just about that time we saw a large hawk circling the tree line. He ...