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 > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]