[Bristol-Birds] Awesome Sight
- From: gary cooper <tikiowl@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:24:40 -0700 (PDT)
While watching the yard this afternoon, I had a very unusual experience. I had
seen Eastern Bluebirds and Tree Swallows both checking out one of my boxes in
the past few days. As I was looking around for them, all the birds scattered in
different directions. When I scanned the nearby trees, there was a
Sharp-shinned Hawk that had just landed in the top of a tree across the street.
The afternoon sun was hitting directly on it, so I started studying it. After
looking at it for several minutes, I noticed that the hawk was looking straight
down. When I looked down, I saw a Common Grackle twenty feet below looking up
at the hawk. After about a minute or so, the Grackle decided to flee the scene.
It was only a few feet away from the tree when the Sharpie landed on its back
and drove it into a nearby thicket.
The two birds seemed to be almost the same size, but it was over very quickly.
That's the closest I've ever been to a kill. I don't know how everyone else
looks at it, but it's brutal and beautiful all at the same time. It was an
amazing sight.
Gary
Cooper
Bristol,
Virginia
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