[TN-Bird] hawk & helmeted Guinea Fowl

Saturday while watching my feeders in west Knox County from inside the sliding 
glass door in my basement, out of the corner of my eye I saw a large bird (a 
hawk no doubt) make a split-second landing beside two Helmeted Guinea Fowl 
beneath a sunflower seed feeder.  The hawk was gone by the time its arrival 
registered with me (I was watching another feeder at the time) so I can't say 
what species it was.  I don't know if its attack was successful or not; a 
minute before there had been a male Cardinal and a male Towhee beneath that 
feeder but whether one of them or perhaps a different bird made a meal for the 
hawk I can't say.  The guineas reacted as though in shock.  They remained 
uncharacteristically silent and basically froze in position, eventually edging 
a few inches closer to the thicket, but it was 5 minutes or so before they 
resumed feeding and before any other bird ventured to the feeders.
 
Carole Gobert, Knoxville
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