Tweeters,
I just watched what I am presuming to be an immature sharp-shinned hawk
visiting my backyard. He/she was here for about ten minutes moving about from
perches on branches to the rim of the dry bird bath to the ground. For part of
the time there was a group of three or four house sparrows hiding in the dense
cover of a rosemary bush. The hawk hopped down to the ground and the sparrows
flew out the other side. A large grey squirrel entered the garden and paid no
apparent heed to the accipiter even to the extent of displacing the bird from
the perch in lilac.
Hummingbirds returned to their feeder within less than two minutes of the
hawks departure but nobody else has returned to the suet or seed feeders
The accipiter was banded with a silver band on the right leg and white over
green on the left.
Garet Munger
Phinney Ridge near the zoo
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