8/2/10

Look What Joined Us for Dinner

So I came back to pull my casserole out of the oven and found Princess M standing on the kitchen table pointing out the window.  While I was scolding her I quickly glanced out the window, and here is what she was looking at.
This beauty was perched on top of our play set right off our deck.  We watched for a few minutes, then sat down to eat before our dinner got cold.  Unfortunately, it was not very appetizing watching the raptor carnage before us. See all the little pieces on the green tarp covering?  That would be little pieces of chipmunk face.  DH tried to wash it all off but ended up having to climb up there to get it down.  If anyone can tell us exactly what kind of bird this is, please do so.  We figure it to be some kind of hawk, but not sure exactly what kind.

3 comments:

Robin said...

It looks like either a Cooper's Hawk or a Sharp Shinned Hawk. What a neat site.

Our Family for His Glory said...

We have hawks at our house too (I don't know what kind)... fun & disgusting to watch! I don't like finding all the little animal parts around the yard. But, what a great picture!
Jessica

CAB said...

My Dad (bird watcher all his life - amazing what he knows about birds) weighed in on this as well and said:

From the picture it is either a Sharp Shinned or Coopers. It is hard to tell how large it is and the shape of the end tail feathers. Female of these is larger than the male and the Coopers is largest of the two species and rarer.