For the past couple of weeks, we've been noticing that a hawk has been hanging around our area, usually perching in my neighbor's tree. We believe he/she has a nest there, but we only saw it fly by...until today.
I saw the hawk fly very low through our side yard and toward the back of the house. When I quietly walked around to the back of the house, I saw it perched on our fence. This photo was taken through the door, for fear of opening it and scaring him/her off. Unfortunately, despite turning it's head toward me several times, I wasn't able to capture it with the camera.
If, from this picture, you can tell what kind of hawk it is, I'd really like to know!
4 comments:
It looks like a juvenile Red tailed hawk which are pretty common in our area.
I had found a young hawk about 6 years ago while at Camp Perry and brought it home and raised it until it was able to fly. It stayed on a "T" perch I built on my back porch.
thanks, -sepp...
Yes, it is a young red tail. He or she will get her red tail feathers next season. The spots will fade as well.
If it is a large red tail, it is a female. The males are about 15% smaller in size.
Also, do you frequently smell skunk in the early mornings? If so, you have a great horned owl nesting near by.
The RT hawks build new nests each year, and the old ones are taken over by the owls, whose favorite food is skunk.
Fortunately - we don't have the smell of skunk...but this is the first year for the hawks in this tree.
While I'd love to have owls for neighbors, I certainly don't look forward to the smell of skunk...lol!
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