4 January 2024 (soundless snow)

soundless snow . . .

the hawk’s eyes track

a squirrel

28 December 2023 (winter barrens)

winter barrens . . .

a harrier returns

to mist

14 June 2021 (crows)

neighborhood watch

crows chase a hawk

through our yard

21 November 2020 (red-tail)

a red-tail’s last pass

late light illuminates

the barren hillside

14 November 2020 (hawk)

burnished fields

a red-tailed hawk hovers

between seasons

10 September 2020 (crows)

threat of rain

above the perched hawk

a swirl of crows

3 May 2020 (hawk)

circling back

to our conversation

broad-winged hawk

June 19: Up

finally looking up 

waxing half moon

soaring hawk

August 15: Deceit

We don't think of Blue Jays as mimics, but they can imitate other birds, especially hawks, surprisingly well. The ones in our yard pretend they are Broad-winged Hawks, Ospreys, and Red-shouldered Hawks on a regular basis. You have to pause and listen carefully to be sure about what you're hearing.

 

Fog hides the mountain.

Unseen hawk's piercing call

or is it a blue jay?

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March 8: Migration

Restless hawks

making their way northward

as we drive south.

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March 12: Panic

From the bar we watch

flocks of ducks scattering,

then the hawk.

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