To describe my lifelong fascination with flight and with creatures that fly I like to echo the words of John James Audubon who in 1839 wrote of himself as "...one who never can cease to admire and to study with zeal and the most heartfelt reverence, the wonderful productions of an Almighty Creator."
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Adult Sharp-shinned Hawk eating
In late afternoon today a friend called to say there was a hawk in downtown McMinnville (Oregon, not Tennessee) dining on a small bird. I was able to get free for just long enough to grab a few shots of this handsome adult Sharp-shinned Hawk in action. He or she was about 20 ft. up in a Ginko tree above a sidewalk in a busy part of town, and the visible feet of the entree suggest to me that it was a Starling. Another glimpse of "wildness" where we don't expect it, and a reminder to keep our eyes open like my friend, Bruce, always does.
In late afternoon today a friend called to say there was a hawk in downtown McMinnville (Oregon, not Tennessee) dining on a small bird. I was able to get free for just long enough to grab a few shots of this handsome adult Sharp-shinned Hawk in action. He or she was about 20 ft. up in a Ginko tree above a sidewalk in a busy part of town, and the visible feet of the entree suggest to me that it was a Starling. Another glimpse of "wildness" where we don't expect it, and a reminder to keep our eyes open like my friend, Bruce, always does.
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