[TN-Bird] Yard "sharpie"

Happy New Year,
 
Had a little excitement here in the Charlotte Park section of West  Nashville 
when an immature sharp-shinned hawk perched in a hackberry tree  directly in 
line with my French doors.  Its square tail (with a little  notch) and slender 
frame indicated that it was NOT one of my Cooper's, and I did  get a pretty 
decent photo before it saw that the "smorgabird" was vacant and  flew away to 
the south toward West Meade.  All my birds had  gone into hiding as soon as the 
sharpie entered the neighborhood.   I've had sharp-shinneds fly over before, 
but I don't remember that any have  landed.  Of course, I cannot be certain 
due to some memory loss since my  illness.  Also, my yard list which I kept 
posted on my kitchen wall, was  packed or tossed by the HASMAT team that 
decontaminated my house, so I cannot  check.
 
Crows are everywhere here today,  My house is located toward the  center of a 
block, so I have a good view down through the back yards of 15  houses that 
face the intersecting streets for about a normal two block  distance.  Crows 
are in every back yard today as are several hundred  starlings.  All my usual 
feeder birds are eating everything in sight.   My feisty little song sparrow is 
eating nearest the door and chasing all the  other birds that come into its 
"territory."
 
Young squirrels, about half the size of their parents, are scampering  around 
in my trees playing chase and looking for food.
 
Cheers Y happy birding,
 
Dee Thompson
Nashville, TN
 
 


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