Red Tailed Hawk
Today we had a visitor, a red tailed hawk. He has been sitting on logs down in our meadow. He seems to be hunting for ground squirrels, chipmunks and other small game. Our cats and dogs would be too big for him to be able to pick up.
We have a burn pile from all the debris from our woods. He has been sitting on the highest point in this debris pile, watching for critters. He’s been here for two days in row.
We’ve noted him on power lines and telephone poles in our vicinity. We live in a rural community that has lots of varmints, ground squirrels, chipmunks, field mice and the like. We also have bald eagles where we live, because we have a substantial creek within a mile of our farm. Our neighbors say that there is an Eagles nest along the creek, but I have yet to find it.
