Robinson Preserve

 

Hawk

This hawk was in the back garden this afternoon. It looks like a Sharp Shinned Hawk, probably a young one.

A Hawk and a Blue Jay

I watched this hawk chase this blue jay around my back garden this afternoon. It lasted for over half an hour. At times the blue jay would chase the hawk and even perch on a wire about a foot away from the hawk. A brave blue jay!

Sharp Shinned Hawk

This afternoon I looked out the window to the back garden and saw this hawk sitting on top of a shrub. I called for Joe to come see and I started taking pictures of it through the window. I took dozens of photos and was hoping to get some pictures of it flying away. I got Joe to open the door to the deck in hopes of getting that but it didn't fly away. Then I opened the window and it still didn't fly away. So I took more pictures, this time through the open window. All of my pictures looked the same and I still thought it would be cool to get a picture of it flying so we got my book of bird calls and started pressing the button for different hawk calls. The hawk still didn't move! I thought the sounds of the birds would make it fly away. It would turn it's head but not much more than that. Then I thought I would walk out on the deck, thinking that for sure it would fly away. I went out on the deck and was leaning over the railing taking pictures of it, I was only about 6 feet away from it. It stayed there for the longest time and I got dozens of really close pictures of it. Eventually it did fly away but I was very pleased with the photos I got, this is the closest I have ever been to a hawk.