On 4/18/2020 8:05 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
I've had a few stunned birds fall on my patio, after striking the picture window. This window is near a corner in an
L-shaped house. A few years ago, an enterprising sharp-shinned hawk figured out that, if he hid in bushes along the
fence, and flew toward the feeders when birds were there, they would fly into the window trying to escape, and he
would scoop one up and be gone. I finally had to let the feeders sit empty for a month before he moved on somewhere
else.
Why do we penalize the clever ones? :-)
We had the reverse situation. Where we have our feeders is narrow for maneuvering by sparrow hawks. A Coopers Hawk
crashed into a window there with a mighty thud. We assume it was trying to catch a bird from the feeders and mistook a
reflection for a bird.
It was able to fly to a nearby branch, then sat there for a while, getting it's bearing again. Long enough for me to run
for camera and take some photos. <http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=22581>
A print hangs on a wall here.
Opportunity Knocks Moose
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