Hawk On The Bath
Posted by terrepruitt on September 2, 2020
Back in November of 2017, I was sitting on my couch and noticed this. I took the pictures and videos with the intent of posting about it. Well, three years later here ya go. I noticed him then watched him for about 10 minutes. It was odd. Hawks are very big birds and the funny thing is this is a small hawk. This guy had upset the blue jays. You can hear them in the videos squawking. It took our cats a bit to notice. I believe when I wasn’t recording the bird I was talking to my cats trying to get them to notice. I didn’t want to get up because I didn’t want to disturb the bird. The birdbath is not that far away and often times we frighten birds off of it by moving to get a better look. I didn’t want to move. I was in awe.
The pictures and the videos are not great. I was using my iPhone 5. But, to me, they are still cool. I have two videos of Teagan that me laugh because they remind me that she was walking toward the window then saw the bird and froze. I have never seen her so still. She was in midstride and STOPPED, her head low, and she just froze with only her tail moving back and forth. She was like that for at least 5 mins. I didn’t post them because I was laughing and talking while filming and the best I can figure is I had my fingers over the mic and then I moved them and the sound is too inconsistent and annoying. Plus it is just a recording of a cat standing completely still, I do pan over to the bird who seems to be watching the cat, but only the mom (or dad) wants to watch a (their) cat standing still for a minute and a half.
The hawk doesn’t do anything, but move his head, drink some water, and fluffy up a bit. I just wanted to say that so you weren’t disappointed if you watch the videos. And . . . I am not best videographer and I can bet you that I was trying to move while not moving a lot to get closer so they are not the smoothest of recordings. They, along with the pictures are just to document that THERE WAS A HAWK IN OUR YARD!
I believe this is a Cooper’s hawk. As he was large, but not very large.
It was cool. This is the second time I’ve seen a hawk in our yard.
You can barely see Teagan (welcome to our world) in front of the tube.
Do you ever get birds of prey in your yard?
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Alien Resort said
A cat standing still can be very interesting.
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terrepruitt said
🙂 I think so. It is amazing to see how still they can be for such a long time. And it was super funny because just her tail was moving. It was like she had been dipped in glue except for her tail.
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Correne said
Great close ups of the hawk!
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terrepruitt said
Thanks. The pictures aren’t really great, but being that close was!
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terrepruitt said
Thank you. I have visited your blog, but my computer does not format it well, as half of it is cut off. But you have very beautiful pictures there. I don’t see a “like” button, but I like many of your photos. Thank you for stopping by here. I hope to “see” you again!
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