From the corner of my eye I noticed a fluffy, shadowy thing in the tree outside, a thing which seemed fluffier and darker than any usual bird.
Stay right there, young man, I thought. I'll get my camera.
I assumed there was no way he would stay.
He did. He had brought his breakfast.
Time to relax afterward. He is, I think, a red tailed hawk. Juvenile, perhaps, with all the spots on his chest? Female? Or a sharp-shinned hawk? Or even a Cooper's? "Experts have a hard time telling these last two apart," the bird guide says. "Best to just write down 'accipiter species' in your notebook." Okay.
Whatever he was, the sparrows certainly understood when it was safe to come back.
Stay right there, young man, I thought. I'll get my camera.
I assumed there was no way he would stay.
He did. He had brought his breakfast.
Time to relax afterward. He is, I think, a red tailed hawk. Juvenile, perhaps, with all the spots on his chest? Female? Or a sharp-shinned hawk? Or even a Cooper's? "Experts have a hard time telling these last two apart," the bird guide says. "Best to just write down 'accipiter species' in your notebook." Okay.
Whatever he was, the sparrows certainly understood when it was safe to come back.
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