December 16, 2024, The Coves
The water in the Coves are all frozen. The Great Blue Herons I saw were in the trees.
I was watching 8 Robins in the berry bushes. All of a sudden, a Sharp-shinned Hawk came swooping down over the Robins and flew off. The Northern Flicker was hanging around with the Robins, too. Then from another direction, the Sharp-shinned Hawk came flying in again and scattered the Robins and Flicker and landed in a small tree. I noticed it looking down at the ground and it flew down to a lower bush and started chasing a Northern Cardinal. The hawk was right behind the cardinal following it around the field and the cardinal went low into a bunch of weeds and the hawk flew off. The cardinal got away. It was close!
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| Sharp-shinned Hawk |
I stayed round and watch the interaction of the birds. After a bit of time, the cardinal came out from the weeds and flew up to a bush. This is the cardinal that was chased. He is safe.
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