Breakfast visitor (NF)

[Roy]

Was out in the yard this morning and caught a glimpse of a large bird out the corner of my eye.

it landed two neighbours' yards down. Got the camera...kneeling in the slush, poking through a cedar hedge. OK, enough excuses, it's a bad shot. It was having breakfast.....rodent under claw.

 

[ChrisK]

Good shot Roy considering all. One less mouse you got to worry about

[Joey]

Beauty

 

They are such majestic birds eh!!!

 

Nice shot hon!

 

Joey

[irishfield]

Tell us why you were really in your neighbours back yard !!!

[TroutnMuskieHunter]

Tell us why you were really in your neighbours back yard !!!

 

Ya Roy, and why you were kneeling in the slush, poking through a cedar hedge

[MJL]

Cool picture Roy. The last couple years I've been seeing more and more hawks in my neighbourhood. Looks like it could be a Coopers hawk. Here's a thread I started about IDing a similar looking hawk I found in my neighbour's yard (front yard instead ) .

 

Hawk in the yard thread

[Roy]

Mine's a Cooper's, Mike...I can't ID yours but there are lots of folks here who should be able to.

 

And to the others, I wasn't in my neighbour's yard....I was in mine, two yards away.

[irishfield]

And to the others, I wasn't in my neighbour's yard....I was in mine, two yards away.

 

Yah.. okay Roy.. I forgot that J reads the forum now and then !

[bucktail]

Sharp Shinned I think!

[Ron]

Tell us why you were really in your neighbours back yard !!!

 

Probably checking up on his Lobsters.

 

Nice looking bird Roy. I would have to guess it being a Coopers Hawk if you are wanting to know what it is....

 

 

Cheers, Ron...

[lew]

Great pic of a beautiful bird Roy !!

 

I had one of them kill and devour a pigeon in my yard a couple years back and there was nothing left but some blood and the 2 wings.

[4thgen]

It is definately a Cooper's or a Sharp-Shinned Hawk. Hard to really tell in that picture though. You describing it as a large bird definately points towards Coopers despite some chance of size overlap. They will eat mice but if you or your neighbour has a bird feeder, you are perhaps unwittingly supplying food to two levels of that food chain! The long rudder-like tail and the short stubby wings make them very manueverable and excellent bird catchers.

[TJQ]

Lew... pigeon wings are tough!! everyone knows that!! yuk....

[Harrison]

Lew... pigeon wings are tough!! everyone knows that!! yuk....

 

Probably could of sold them to Hooters.