Sunday, March 4, 2012

Backyard Visitor

This little guy kept the squirrels away this morning, at least for a while. A few weeks ago, Olivia and I watched him dive under the deck, come up with a junco in his talons, and then sit on the lawn and squeeze it to death. He's small but effective.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Tough to tell from the pic in terms of pattern, but obviously a sharp-shinned hawk by size and behavior. I had my feeder buzzed by its giant relative the goshawk last week. It smelled like... victory...