[bcbirdclub] Sharp-shinned Surprise Visitor
- From: roger mayhorn <rmayhorn@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bcbirdclub <bcbirdclub@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2014 23:34:40 -0400 (EDT)
Today, while working in the backyard, I heard a rather high pitched "kil, kil,
kil" sound. I looked up just in time to see a Sharp-shinned Hawk land in a tall
locust tree at the edge of the yard. Five of my pigeons were on the top of
their loft or sitting in a tree next to it. They saw the hawk about the same
time I did. They exploded into the air going away from the hawk over the
neighbor's pasture as if someone had set their tails on fire. I lost sight of
them through the trees, but within 30 seconds or so they were high in the sky
above the neighbor's house on up the road.
I don't think the hawk knew they were there near the loft. I believe if it had
known, it wouldn't have vocalized and given its location away. After about a
minute the Sharpie left its perch and glided toward the woods, away from the
direction the pigeons had taken. The pigeons didn't return for about 45 minutes.
With fall migration getting under way these hawk sightings may become an almost
daily event,especially if they see the pigeons.
Roger Mayhorn
Compton Mt
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