Birds of a Feather is back with our new blog, Birding and Bonding! Our previous objective remains the same. Our goal is to find all birds that live on Long Island year round. The only rule is that in order to add a bird to our list, we must see it when we are together. That's where the bonding comes in. Life can get so hectic that we sometimes fail to enjoy the more important things. This gives us a wonderful outlet to make sure we take the time.

Of course, Long Island has many migratory birds, as well. We certainly don't want to ignore them. We will blog about them as well. Armed with new cameras and renewed incentive, we look forward to getting back on the birding trail!

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Hawk alert!

Okay, you may not believe this but we had another bird moment just now.  My husband was in the kitchen, it's about 7:30pm and he yells out that he saw the owl flying in the backyard.  So I grab my binoculars and head outside.

Of course there isn't anything to see.  And then out of the woods in our backyard it flies....not an Owl but a Red Tailed Hawk, he is being chase through our yard by a couple of Blue Jays.  So he lands in one of our trees and of course I have my camera so I was able to get a few shots of him.  I even got a picture of him looking at my husband and I watching him.

Although it looks as though he doesn't have a care in the world, there are a couple of Blue Jays yelling at him from branches right above him.  They are flying and squawking, but he doesn't seem to care.  Then he flew right over our heads, only a few feet above us with Blue Jays in tow.

When the Hawk flew over our heads, the view of his wingspan was awesome, it looked about 4' feet wide.  It was truly a magnificent sight to see.  What a privilege that was for us.

This has been one of my best solo bird days, the only think that could have made it better would have been having San at my side to experience it with me.
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2 comments:

  1. tomJune 23, 2010 at 5:53 AM

    Great new "nest" you have created..I think you r ready to "fly" with this bolg worldwide.. I know a good agent should u decide to have this take off!

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  2. RavenJune 28, 2010 at 5:14 PM

    What a great shot of the hawk. What a magnificent creature!

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