My wife really gets annoyed when this happens in our yard, about once
a month or so. Sometimes it is prefaced by a loud BANG against one of
our windows. According to my wife, all things in nature should only
eat plants .....

They sure are pretty, aren't they Martha?

Quoting Martha Jordan <mj.cygnus at gmail.com>:

> Today a special treat on my bird feeders that are outside my
> home-office window. The small birds suddenly scattered.
> A Cooper?s hawk landed on the upper bar of the feeder and sat just 5
> feet from my window for several minutes.
>
> What a grand treat to see this hawk up close and for an extended period.
> Last year I saw another (or maybe the same Cooper?s) take a bird off
> the feeder- flew in, grabbed its snack and gone.
>
> Martha Jordan
> Everett, WA



Bill Dewey
www.thefocusedeye.com
Marysville, WA