,,,sitting not 15 feet away from me on a branch of the magnolia outside the office window.\u00a0 He’s been there for at least\u00a0 fifteen minutes, sitting and watching for little visitors or meals to come by.<\/p>\n
I’ve looked on-line for pictures of hawks to determine what kind of hawk he is, and my best guess is a Red-tailed hawk.\u00a0 He’s sitting with his back to me.\u00a0 He’s at least twelve inches tall, probably more.\u00a0 He has a brown back with white speckles or spots lining the outer sides of his back.\u00a0 He has white-ish gray feathers folded behind his tail feathers, and it looks as though there are white-ish stripes on the back of his head.\u00a0 He’s a very handsome bird.\u00a0 Hmmm…no red tail.\u00a0 I’ll have to check the bird books.<\/p>\n
He’s sitting\u00a0on a shaded branch\u00a0where the forsythia in front\u00a0gives him cover.\u00a0 HIs head has been swiveling, watching everything around him.\u00a0 I thought for a moment that he might be aware of me, when the cloud cover made the light from the monitor more obvious, but he didn’t leave.<\/p>\n
I’m on the opposite side of the house from the bird feeders.\u00a0 This is the first time I can remember having seen a bird this large so close to this side of the house.\u00a0 Usually we see them using the bird feeders to hunt up a meal.<\/p>\n
He ruffled his feathers and there are\u00a0considerably more white feathers\u00a0than I realized.<\/p>\n
My quilting bee is coming to dinner.\u00a0 I can’t stay to watch any longer, darn it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
,,,sitting not 15 feet away from me on a branch of the magnolia outside the office window.\u00a0 He’s been there for at least\u00a0 fifteen minutes, sitting and watching for little visitors or meals to come by. I’ve looked on-line for … Continue reading