Gives you something to ponder when things are slow!

Matt Valencic


> On Jan 14, 2015, at 6:03 PM, inga schmidt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> I saw  sharp shinned hawk perched above a feeder in my yard today.
> (I think an adult male. Seemed on the large side.)
> 
> I mention this mainly because he was calling. I’ve never heard a sharpie
> or a coopers calling like this.  It wasn’t the “alarm call” series of high notes.
> Just a single note, repeated every few seconds or so.  Actually, before
> I saw the hawk I heard the call and thought it was a blue jay making a half
> hearted attempt at a hawk call.
> 
> There were birds in the shrubs and at the feeder below him, apparently
> untroubled by his presence.  He sat, he preened, and after half an hour or
> so he went off on his rounds. I looked around for feathers but didn’t see any
> evidence that he’d killed and eaten a bird there.
> 
> Inga Schmidt
> Chagrin River Road, at the Geauga/Cuy Co. line
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