Dec 22 still icy at 9 am...

Sometimes I have a feeding frenzy at my feeders. Especially in the late morning when the sun breaks thru. Last week I had a cooper's on the wooden fences of our townhouses (20 feet away). Yesterday there was a red-shouldered hawk that caught something and flew in a nearby tree to eat it. I was able to get binocs on it in 3 minutes and really ID it. Orange back and shoulders and chest, huge size, no rufous tail, no gray back. 

 

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From: Rick Sussman <> 

> 
> In a message dated 12/21/2005 11:02:45 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
>  writes: 
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> I felt sorry for the terrified sparrows, and sorry for the hawk, who 
> must have been 
> hungry to be hunting so early in the day, and who was still hungry 
> when it flew away. 
> 
> 
> --Pat 
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> 
> Pat, 
> Don't feel too sorry for the accipiter. Theyy typically hunt very early in 
> the day, almost before first light. On the Triadelphia CBC last Saturday, our 
> first visible bird of the day was a hunting Coopers Hawk (and the only one we 
> saw all day too). Here at our pond where I walk the dog, I frequently see 
> accipiters out very early, or sometimes just sitting on a perch waiting. 
> 
> Rick Sussman 
> Ashton,MD 
>