Birding at the Coves - December 2024

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!

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.

Bird Amusement

I went to Killaly Meadows ESA yesterday (September 17, 2022) for a walk.  The morning started out very foggy.  By mid-morning it was starting to clear up but still overcast.  I was being entertained by a Sharp-shinned Hawk being harassed by a group of Blue Jays.  The Sharp-shinned Hawk  kept flying from tree to tree to avoid them but a few times the hawk turned around and chased the Blue Jays.  There was some close calls.