[Bristol-Birds] Red-shouldered Hawk Behavior - photos

Area Birders,
On Sunday I was doing a feeder count for Project Wildbird, when I looked out 
the window to see a Red-shouldered Hawk sitting just outside the window on one 
of our bluebird boxes. It was having a hard time hanging on with the wind gusts 
getting rather strong. The hawk sat there for a couple of minutes then saw some 
movement at the mouth of a chipmunk hole just below it on the ground. It then 
dropped down into the yard, peered inside the hole, then attempted to reach 
into the hole to get the chipmunk. It tried two or three times, then finally 
gave up. Once It nearly got knocked over by a wind gust while it had one leg 
down in the hole.
To see the story in photos go to
http://www.pbase.com/mayhorn/red_shld_hk

Roger Mayhorn
Compton Mt
Buchanan County

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