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shanny

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13. fwiw that is a merlin, not a sharpie

Reply to Mrs. Overall (Reply #8)

Sun Nov 18, 2018, 01:12 PM

Nov 2018

dark eyes (not yellow or red), much broader in the chest and shoulders, and with a shorter tail

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Just saw a bird of prey swoop down and snatch something off my bird feeder. [View all] The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2018 OP

Shoot you've got a bird trap Corvo Bianco Nov 2018 #1

I saw that happen, once. There was a swoop and a POOOFFF of feathers! Siwsan Nov 2018 #2

I've had Red Tailed Hawks sit on the crossbars of my SUV Cattledog Nov 2018 #3

Cool! Birdies! calimary Nov 2018 #4

I'm in Vegas and once saw a hawk in my backyard with a captured bird. brush Nov 2018 #5

I live in a big raptor area. Between the red-tailed hawks, prairie falcons and Great Horned owls... hlthe2b Nov 2018 #6

It'd have to be a REALLY tiny dog or cat shanny Nov 2018 #12

THe largest red-tailed hawk and Great Horned owls are five pounds-- readily able to kill a yorkie hlthe2b Nov 2018 #14

LOL life-long falconer here, born and raised in CO (7 decades now) shanny Nov 2018 #15

Then I accept YOUR correction and inferred (though it should have been overt) apology for your error hlthe2b Nov 2018 #16

my rudeness? look in the mirror. shanny Nov 2018 #17

You were wrong and you know it. hlthe2b Nov 2018 #19

one would almost think you didn't actually read what I wrote. shanny Nov 2018 #38

the hawks were handmade34 Nov 2018 #7

Do you have sharp-shinned hawks in your area (sharpies)-- Mrs. Overall Nov 2018 #8

We have them here (Minnesota) but they tend to migrate south in the fall. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2018 #10

fwiw that is a merlin, not a sharpie shanny Nov 2018 #13

Oops--thank you. I grabbed the wrong image. Just changed it. Mrs. Overall Nov 2018 #21

no problem shanny Nov 2018 #22

Aha! That's what I saw on the fence near my feeder the other day. yardwork Nov 2018 #37

We had a pair of red shouldered hawks breed in a wooded strip by our yard YessirAtsaFact Nov 2018 #9

That happened at my place once 2naSalit Nov 2018 #11

Well it is a bird feeder. aikoaiko Nov 2018 #18

+1 KayF Nov 2018 #30

WOW! elleng Nov 2018 #20

We see bald eagles often around here, anywhere there's water. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2018 #23

I'm on a river, see hawks and eagles 'regularly,' elleng Nov 2018 #24

I once sa a pigeon bounce off my office window glass. Hassin Bin Sober Nov 2018 #25

I once saw a WILD TURKEY fly into our office window! lastlib Nov 2018 #26

Hawks have been taking our layers snpsmom Nov 2018 #27

I was golfing with my sweetie FormerOstrich Nov 2018 #28

That one made me LOL! Bayard Nov 2018 #31

Saw a magpie catch and kill a mouse in a busy intersection. BluesRunTheGame Nov 2018 #29

When I lived in Calif. Bayard Nov 2018 #32

Years ago I was sitting at my desk mnhtnbb Nov 2018 #33

Once had a juvie cooper's hawk blaze Nov 2018 #34

I have a few coopers hawks in my neighborhood mitch96 Nov 2018 #35

"Bird feeder" is right. Iggo Nov 2018 #36