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Pretty sure this is a sharp-shinned hawk Accipiter striatus, just guessing. Another possibility might be a Merlin, though this bird's head is not quite shaped right, nor does it have any 'eyebrow' mark, as a merlin might (but not always) have.
I just don't see either of them often enough to know.
This little (crow size) raptor has been hanging around my little pond for several days, swooping rapidly from under cover likely grabbing little songbirds.
We first noticed the flickers completely disappeared from our backyard, including the mating pair, as well as an unusual disapperance and silence for long stretches of time, from other songbirds.
Perhaps the result of this bird taking the opportunity to ambush feed on the numerous little songbirds that have arrived.
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Quite a few of these around in pairs wading and feeding on the sand flats with their chicks.
Scientific name: Calidris acuminata
A disheveled looking Sharp-shinned Hawk at Britannia Conservation Area in Ottawa. Tuesday February 25 2025.
Macro of glass lid over a colorful background. Backlighting by an LED panel.
Made for the Macro Mondays theme "phobias". The phobia represented here is aichmophobia - fear of sharp objects.
Accipiter striatus
This morning I woke up early and though I had planned on sleeping in the cool weather outside motivated me to make a run out to Smith Point to see if any hawks were moving. Smith Point is a peninsula that juts out between Galveston and Trinity Bays. The thing that makes it interesting (at least when it comes to birds) this time of year is that, much like Cape May, NJ, it acts as a funnel that concentrates birds that are migrating south. As I headed to Smith Point the weather was looking pretty dreary and I had the strong feeling that I was making a mistake going but I decided to press on and take my chances on the weather. When I arrived I was pleased that it was not raining and there were some raptors moving. Most of the birds I saw were Sharp-shinned Hawks like this one and I was delighted to see a couple come close in the early morning light.
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Date: February 16, 2021
Location: Warfield Pond Park - Glenwood, Maryland (Howard County)
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YPD51 rounds the extremely sharp curve just short of the switch to the Steel Bridge on the east side of the Willamette River. This undoubtedly has to be one of the sharpest curves on a major main line in North America today. Trains creep through here at a little more than walking speed.
Photographed at my home while snowing. More snow forecast for this afternoon and tonight. Snow results in large number of birds at my feeders. This bird or perhaps several Sharp-shinned Hawks are frequent visitors to my home. IMG_9052
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Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) male on a "lek" or dancing grounds on the prairie landscape of Camp Wainwright Military Base at Wainwright, Alberta, Canada.
3 May, 2016.
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Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
A few more shots of these birds feeding a long the sand flats at low tide..
Scientific name: Calidris acuminata