Hi Edna
Unless you've recently moved, we live in the same complex. I've had a male
Kestrel take a sparrow ON my balcony, and have had Sharpies sitting in the
tree out from my balcony, as well as jumping up and down on the bushes
below the balcony, trying to scare a sparrow into flying. Definitely a
"hawk-rich" complex.
Robin
At 10:12 PM 12/18/2002, Edna Aaron wrote:
I was rather startled this morning as I heard a loud "thud" against our
large balcony window, and when I whirled around to see what happened, I
saw a pigeon-sized bird flying away and some feathers whirling around.
"Oh, guess he saw the sky in the glass," I thought, and returned to my
work.
Later, however, my husband said, "Is that a dead bird on the balcony?"
and when I went over to investigate, there was the body of a sparrow just
under where the noise had come from. I said, "Well, I guess I'll i.d..
it and then dispose of it; " but, upon returning from a closer look,
said, "It's hard to tell what it is as it has no head!"
And then the light dawned: Obviously a small hawk, i.e. sharp-shinned,
had been carrying the hapless sparrow and slammed into our window,
dropping his partially-eaten lunch on our balcony. Man; a major bird
event happening right under my nose and I was oblivious! I guess I'll
have to keep my eyes peeled this coming spring when I'm eating lunch out
there -- don't want any feathers or other body parts in my soup.^_^
Edna
Aaron
Alexandria
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