These are red-tailed hawks. You Ohioans may not realize this, but they are abundant in our area and are sitting in trees just like this all the time right out there in front of our noses and we don't see them. I don't know when it started, but sometime in the last few years, I started watching for them on our numerous trips up and down I-71. I became pretty good at spotting them along the highway and would watch for them as a way to pass the time.
For some reason, I never really looked for them when I was just driving around town. Lately, I decided that I would start looking for them locally, and now I see one almost every time I go to or from work. It's getting kind of crazy. I mean, I'm looking up into the trees WHILE I'M DRIVING. Oh, and I've also been listening to a book on CD about vampires. So, driving is just a background activity. I've tried to stop looking for the birds, but I'm totally obsessed. I love these things. They are HUGE. They weigh three or four pounds, and when you see one, they appear to be even bigger than that. I particularly get excited when I see two together as shown in the picture above. I've only spotted a "pair" twice.
Does anyone else have this obsession?
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Hawks are pretty. I like all birds & their pretty colors & sizes & songs. When I saw my first hawk I thought it was an owl. Around here the crows chase the hawks -- 3 or 4 crows will gang up on a hawk. I think about listening to books on CD. What is this about vampires? I think vampires are sexy. Lately I think vikings are sexy. Absolutely no reason for it just popped into my head. Maybe I like "V"
There is a red-tailed hawk that sits on my neighbor's fence on a regular basis. It's super cool and we LOVE to see it, but you know what it's doing? Stalking and eating the song-birds that come to her bird feeder! :)
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