Monday, October 05, 2009

He came a knockin'

One moment I was sitting at the computer doing some work, and the next I heard a banging and a rustling in the back hall. Normally that means the chickens have gotten into the cat's food again, but this sounded a bit too rambunctious to be greedy poulty...
Isn't he regal looking? I was amazed that he flew into the back hall in the first place; I can't imagine what he was chasing...
I knew from the beak and the talons he was a raptor, but I had no idea what he could be (he was smaller than our banty rooster). It took some searching on the internet, but the views I got of his markings helped - here he is "resting" after another round of crashing into the windows -
He is a Sparrow hawk. How lucky I am to live here and be able to experience this kind of thing during my "work day"...

8 comments:

Nancy K. said...

Oh, WOW! How completely and totally awesome!!

I am so jealous...

;-)

Thanks for sharing!

Christine said...

Look at the stripes on his tale. Isn't that amazing? Birds are so beautiful.

Spring Lake Farm said...

Cool!

Dawn said...

Sparrow Hawks are beautiful animals. We have a variety of birds of prey here. Our recent visit was from a snowy white barn owl. He was so quiet. I'm very lucky all our critters are under cover!

Michelle said...

I love kestrels; they ARE beautiful! Perhaps he was chasing a mousie that ran into your housie?

melanie said...

Michelle-
knowing how I feel about rodents, I can't believe you suggested such a thing! Ick, ick, and double ick!

Karin said...

That is so cool.
How did he get out?

Anonymous said...

Howdy,

I am regular visitor of this website[url=http://www.weightrapidloss.com/lose-10-pounds-in-2-weeks-quick-weight-loss-tips].[/url]Plenty of useful information on harderthanitlooks.blogspot.com. I am sure due to busy scedules we really do not get time to care about our health. Let me present you with one fact here. Recent Scientific Research presents that nearly 70% of all USA grownups are either obese or weighty[url=http://www.weightrapidloss.com/lose-10-pounds-in-2-weeks-quick-weight-loss-tips].[/url] Hence if you're one of these citizens, you're not alone. Its true that we all can't be like Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Megan Fox, and have sexy and perfect six pack abs. Now the question is how you are planning to have quick weight loss? You can easily lose with with little effort. Some improvement in of daily activity can help us in losing weight quickly.

About me: I am writer of [url=http://www.weightrapidloss.com/lose-10-pounds-in-2-weeks-quick-weight-loss-tips]Quick weight loss tips[/url]. I am also health expert who can help you lose weight quickly. If you do not want to go under difficult training program than you may also try [url=http://www.weightrapidloss.com/acai-berry-for-quick-weight-loss]Acai Berry[/url] or [url=http://www.weightrapidloss.com/colon-cleanse-for-weight-loss]Colon Cleansing[/url] for quick weight loss.