Sharp-shinned Hawk Just Caught Dinner -- A Junco...
Just as work was ending today, I glanced outside my office window and watched this Sharpie settle to the ground with a Junco in it's talons.
If you zoom in on this pic, you can see that the Junco also has it's toes wrapped around the leg of the Sharpie.
Sadly for the Junco, it was the end of the line.
Not as sadly, for the Sharpie, it was the first (and today, the only) successful strike of the Sharpie. I watched it make four other attempts at grabbing one of the Juncos that were feeding in our back yard.
After bringing the Junco to the ground, the Sharpie resituated the Junco in it's talons and then flew off to a tree to partake of its bounty.
Circle of Life Stuff!
Sharp-shinned Hawk Just Caught Dinner -- A Junco...
Just as work was ending today, I glanced outside my office window and watched this Sharpie settle to the ground with a Junco in it's talons.
If you zoom in on this pic, you can see that the Junco also has it's toes wrapped around the leg of the Sharpie.
Sadly for the Junco, it was the end of the line.
Not as sadly, for the Sharpie, it was the first (and today, the only) successful strike of the Sharpie. I watched it make four other attempts at grabbing one of the Juncos that were feeding in our back yard.
After bringing the Junco to the ground, the Sharpie resituated the Junco in it's talons and then flew off to a tree to partake of its bounty.
Circle of Life Stuff!