Sad day for the Mourning Dove flock

All the birds took off, all but one dove, a hawk cruised over the yard, looking for prey, it spotted the dove, it swooped down, hitting the dove so hard that it was killed instantly, it carried the ripped-up, lifeless dove and carried it near the cucumber bed, I tried to get a picture, it then took off and I got a bad photo. The dove was the first bird to be killed at the feeder. I believe it was a female Mourning Dove.

Watching the feeders

Chipping Sparrows, Northern Cardinal, Cooper’s Hawk, The Peep, House Sparrow and Mourning Doves.

There are now about 30 Chipping Sparrows!

Red Shouldered Hawk Calling

Hawk trying to take fish from Eagle

This Red-tailed never got the fish, I have other photos of this.

Poolside Hawk

Just happened to look out the back window and see this guy resting by the pool. What a great moment!

Stranger Danger

I raise bantam chickens, and think they caught this hawks eye. It a BIG bird.

Red-shouldered on Nest

Red-shouldered on nest at Eagle Creek Park in Indianapolis, IN

Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Cornell Lab of Ornithology