MissySki
Angel Diva
Update: As of yesterday, I think I have a young hawk hanging in my yard. I didn’t notice any last summer, but yesterday morning I noticed a larger bird flying overhead when leaving my house and noted that it had worms or something hanging from it’s mouth. When I got home, said bird was going from tree to ground to tree a bunch of times. This morning she was picking on the ground. I’d say she’s about 6-8 inches tall when sitting (having a hard time telling from a distance, but she’s much larger than any regular backyard bird. Both tall and wide.), darker brown back with lighter brown and white speckles on her chest. Yellowish feet and yellow beak that goes to black at the tip. I was trying to figure out what kind of bird it was exactly yesterday, but I’m hard pressed to distinguish between some Massachusetts hawk and falcon pictures that look really similar on the local Audubon website. I wish I had a good camera to capture the details, as it is I’ve been using my binoculars to really get a good look because she has mostly stayed on the tree line or on branches that she kind of blends in with, and it’s a good distance from my house.
Though it looked to be going for things on the ground like bugs or worms, I assumed it may have been looking for small rodents or something as well. I was not expecting to read that these birds can also prey on birds themselves?!?! I’m now worried THIS may be why I’m not getting birds at my feeders.. Is this the case? If so, is there anything I can do about it? I’m thinking this bird is still to small to hunt other birds, but I have no real idea if this is the case. I have a solar powered little fountain to put in my bird bath coming in from Amazon today as I had read the noise can help attract birds and one of my feeders is close by so I thought that might help. Now I’m worried if it works that I may be leading them into danger..
Any thought or tips?
Though it looked to be going for things on the ground like bugs or worms, I assumed it may have been looking for small rodents or something as well. I was not expecting to read that these birds can also prey on birds themselves?!?! I’m now worried THIS may be why I’m not getting birds at my feeders.. Is this the case? If so, is there anything I can do about it? I’m thinking this bird is still to small to hunt other birds, but I have no real idea if this is the case. I have a solar powered little fountain to put in my bird bath coming in from Amazon today as I had read the noise can help attract birds and one of my feeders is close by so I thought that might help. Now I’m worried if it works that I may be leading them into danger..
Any thought or tips?