Didn't do much yesterday but some cooking and a few errands and wait for someone to come and get this stuff out of the house and of course that never happened again. Tomorrow I will see if I can drag it out of here myself.
I was watching Fred in the yard when something caught my eye as a breeze blew. It was lots of feathers. Lots of feathers means predator, as I looked closely I could see it sitting there on the ground. I put Fred in the house and grabbed my camera. And hoped I could transfer and post. I believe it is an American Kestrel, female as the colors and muted compare to a male. It sure wasn't going to fly off and leave his dinner and just gave me the stink eye. I stayed back as I didn't want to scare him off.
At first I kept getting and error message that something was wrong with my canon set up and then finally the pictures transferred. then another 20 Min's of aggravation and I was able to find and post the pictures. Now if I can just figure out why it isn't printing anymore.
Have I mentioned how much I hate this windows 10. I had hoped to take the laptop to the Geek Squad but just haven't had the extra money.
Good Night All
Hi Jo, what is happening with that bird ? What are all those loose feathers ? Are they coming out of its chest - looks like a hole from a fight - or are all those feathers flying off whatever it killed and is eating ? How big is Fred - could that predator attack him ? Really curious and always read your blog - seldom comment. Take care - Cindy
ReplyDeleteHe just made a kill and those are the feathers of his kill. These are very small hawks and they can not hurt Fred, who is a doxie. But we have much larger hawks here that can hurt Fred, but I still think he is to large for them to carry off. I have posted pictures of a Harris hawk that was eyeing up Fred. So I have to keep and eye out when he is in the yard.
ReplyDeleteNice of you to visit and comment today
I do believe your hawk is either a Cooper's Hawk or Sharp-shinned Hawk. Can't tell for sure because I can't tell how big it is.
ReplyDeleteHi Judy,
ReplyDeleteWOW never thought about the Cooper, I for some reason thought they were bigger, Thanks for questione me on this. I went back to my bird book and yes it is a Cooper the markings are right on.
I know it's all part of nature, but I hate to think of the poor bird who owned the feathers!
ReplyDeleteHi Gypsy,
ReplyDeleteI know but yes it is nature.
We may be turning a small corner on the cold, tonite is suppose to be 30! Regular heat wave I think.
ReplyDeleteHi JMD,
ReplyDeleteIt was a beautiful day here and looking at 33 for tonight and 66 for the high tomorrow, yes its a heat wave ahha
We have hawks and coyotes around here so we keep a close eye on them. Beautiful bird but not as beautiful as those 80s next week.
ReplyDeleteWe have hawks and coyotes around here so we keep a close eye on them. Beautiful bird but not as beautiful as those 80s next week.
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