[Birdtalk] Sharpie

[Connie McManus]

Well, the yard birds just keep getting better and better.  The birds were
very active at the feeder today and I was hoping the Gray-crowned rosy-finch
would return, hopefully with friends.  2 ring-necked pheasant hens came by
for a while.  One actually got on top of the table rather than peck around
on the ground.  Several young male Red-winged Black birds mobbed the place,
but no rosy-finches.  I started lusting (I'm told the proper term is to
"Pron for") a new camera (I hate the new on I bought last May) and ignored
the feeding frenzie.  I noticed out of the corner of my eye something moving
and perched in the crab apple bramble was a lovely young Sharp Shinned Hawk!
 Follow the link to the photos.  I also took a movie, but there wasn't a lot
going on as he perched there, just his head moving around.  So I turned off
the camera and he took off.  rotten luck. This little Sweetheart perched a
bout 10 - 15 feet from my dining room window for about 15 minutes or so.
 What a TREAT!
http://picasaweb.google.com/connie.mcmanus/SharpShinnedHawk#

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Connie McManus
Nibley, Cache County, Utah
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