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coupla more backyard predators

The Circle of Life plays out quite a bit in our backyard :-) One of the most interesting visitors is the Northern Goshawk. They are apparently not too common, but we have had a breeding pair in the conservation land behind our house for as long as we've lived here -- they guard their territory ferociously when they're on the nest, BTW.

The goshawk likes to snack on mourning doves at/near our feeders. The dove population ebbs and flows here regularly!

Sorry I cannot find a better goshawk photo at the moment -- I think the old 'puter has better ones but this'll do for now.

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Now... we don't actually get these guys in the yard all that often... but one day last week Mrs. H noticed a Red-Tailed Hawk out in the oak tree by some of the tube feeders. S/he was just sittin' there, so I snapped a bunch of photos. True to my skill as a photographer, they're mediocre at best :-) Still, a big, beautiful hawk.

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all the best,
mrh


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