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Bird-sighting: hawk in birdbath!
Tiarella
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I had the blinds closed to keep out the heat, but opened them after several minutes of hearing a lot of jays calling out alarms. I was expecting one of the cats (there's one that I think is feral, & one I think must live with people nearby). I noticed a very large bird in my ground-level birdbath. I stared at it a second or two before realizing that it was a hawk. A hawk, all fluffed up and splashing enthusiastically in the water! Water flying everywhere!--and then it saw me, unfortunately, & after staring back a moment, it flew heavily (waterlogged!) over the back fence & disappeared in the trees. I didn't see enough to recognize the species. We haven't been in this neighborhood all that long, & this is the first time I've seen a hawk here.
Would've loved to get a picture but didn't even think of it in the brief time all that happened.
Thought there might be some fellow bird-lovers who would enjoy hearing about it. I've never witnessed a hawk bathing before. Years ago, in a different home, there were a couple times one landed on the balcony railing, & in our last place, every spring a family of red-shouldered hawks (parent/s & fledglings) would regularly perch on the apt. complex's playground set. They'd preen, sunbathe a bit, & the young-un's would hunt grasshoppers while waiting for something better from the parent/s.
Have any bird-watching stories you'd like to relate?
Would've loved to get a picture but didn't even think of it in the brief time all that happened.
Thought there might be some fellow bird-lovers who would enjoy hearing about it. I've never witnessed a hawk bathing before. Years ago, in a different home, there were a couple times one landed on the balcony railing, & in our last place, every spring a family of red-shouldered hawks (parent/s & fledglings) would regularly perch on the apt. complex's playground set. They'd preen, sunbathe a bit, & the young-un's would hunt grasshoppers while waiting for something better from the parent/s.
Have any bird-watching stories you'd like to relate?
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I'll never get there, but ever since some birding friends told us of seeing galah cockatoos wandering picnic grounds in Australia as crows do here, I've wanted to see it for myself. I do wonder which N. American birds seem exotic to people from continents where those birds don't exist!
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I would love to see that, I love parrots and all other birds. I'd like to go bird watching, I find it very peaceful. How great is that to having a hawk using your bird bath though!