Comments on: dinner guests http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/12/18/602/ a place where nature, photography and writing meet Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:44:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: bev http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/12/18/602/#comment-188018 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:46:24 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/12/18/602/#comment-188018 am - glad you liked the film clips -- and that the feel of the scene came through. - Cathy - Yes, it's interesting how certain birds don't show much fear of hawks and owls -- and in fact, some can be qute antagonistic. Last week, someone mentioned seeing Blue Jays mobbing a Barred Owl. - Dave - Thanks for dropping by at my blog and leaving a comment. Your camp on the QCI sounds terrific! - firefly - Thanks! We haven't had all that many Cooper's and Sharpies around our feeders in the past, but perhaps this year's deep snow has got them hanging around. am - glad you liked the film clips — and that the feel of the scene came through.
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Cathy - Yes, it’s interesting how certain birds don’t show much fear of hawks and owls — and in fact, some can be qute antagonistic. Last week, someone mentioned seeing Blue Jays mobbing a Barred Owl.
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Dave - Thanks for dropping by at my blog and leaving a comment. Your camp on the QCI sounds terrific!
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firefly - Thanks! We haven’t had all that many Cooper’s and Sharpies around our feeders in the past, but perhaps this year’s deep snow has got them hanging around.

]]> by: firefly http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/12/18/602/#comment-187921 Wed, 02 Jan 2008 23:11:40 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/12/18/602/#comment-187921 Great video! We have both Cooper's and sharp-shinned hawks visiting the yard for songbirds (between three and four food stations and fairly good cover, tall hedges and trees on both sides). That definitely looks like a sharp-shinned, judging by the red feathers under the wings in the first video. I've seen hawks fly right into and through the hedge for birds. Last year we had one of each, but this year I've only seen the sharp-shinned. It's unnerving to find a big pile of plucked feathers and little bits of blood on the snow. Unfortunately we learned the hard way not to feed songbirds on the rails of the deck, after a hawk took (and plucked) a cardinal there the first winter after we'd moved in. The following spring I found the poor thing's beak under a shrub in the garden. Now when I spread seed after snowstorms I'm careful to put it where the songbirds have decent cover. Hawks gotta eat too, but I'm not going to make it too easy for them. Great video! We have both Cooper’s and sharp-shinned hawks visiting the yard for songbirds (between three and four food stations and fairly good cover, tall hedges and trees on both sides). That definitely looks like a sharp-shinned, judging by the red feathers under the wings in the first video.

I’ve seen hawks fly right into and through the hedge for birds. Last year we had one of each, but this year I’ve only seen the sharp-shinned.

It’s unnerving to find a big pile of plucked feathers and little bits of blood on the snow. Unfortunately we learned the hard way not to feed songbirds on the rails of the deck, after a hawk took (and plucked) a cardinal there the first winter after we’d moved in. The following spring I found the poor thing’s beak under a shrub in the garden.

Now when I spread seed after snowstorms I’m careful to put it where the songbirds have decent cover. Hawks gotta eat too, but I’m not going to make it too easy for them.

]]> by: Dave Neads http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/12/18/602/#comment-187903 Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:40:06 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/12/18/602/#comment-187903 Just found your site the other day. Your pics are really superb. I especially love the California coast. Its been a few years, your photos brought me right back. Last time I was on the Queen Charlotte Islands, we camped on a lava shelf that was undercut by the ocean. The surf boomed 24/7, complete with major blowholes. The ground literally shook beneath us as the big swells pounded home. I too, really enjoy the natural world. Living in an interior dry climate has its own special ecosytem associations and elements. I'm adding you to my blogroll Dave. Just found your site the other day. Your pics are really superb. I especially love the California coast. Its been a few years, your photos brought me right back.

Last time I was on the Queen Charlotte Islands, we camped on a lava shelf that was undercut by the ocean. The surf boomed 24/7, complete with major blowholes. The ground literally shook beneath us as the big swells pounded home.

I too, really enjoy the natural world. Living in an interior dry climate has its own special ecosytem associations and elements.

I’m adding you to my blogroll

Dave.

]]> by: Cathy Wilson http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/12/18/602/#comment-187070 Thu, 27 Dec 2007 01:32:32 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/12/18/602/#comment-187070 Bev - Beautiful picture of that Sharpie. The movie is wonderful. I, too, have been intrigued by the casual attitude displayed by my Blue jays and Cardinals who sat in the forsythia and lilac bush after a Cooper's Hawk had made yet another unsuccessful try for a sparrow. They sat within a few feet of it and actually darted on and off the feeder as he sat disconsolately reconsidering his failed efforts. Bev - Beautiful picture of that Sharpie. The movie is wonderful. I, too, have been intrigued by the casual attitude displayed by my Blue jays and Cardinals who sat in the forsythia and lilac bush after a Cooper’s Hawk had made yet another unsuccessful try for a sparrow. They sat within a few feet of it and actually darted on and off the feeder as he sat disconsolately reconsidering his failed efforts.

]]> by: am http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/12/18/602/#comment-186236 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:30:21 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/12/18/602/#comment-186236 The Sharp-Shinned Hawk image reads as poetry. I love this photo. The film clips are so clear. I can feel the cold day and the warmth of the hawk and its food. Just like being there. The Sharp-Shinned Hawk image reads as poetry. I love this photo. The film clips are so clear. I can feel the cold day and the warmth of the hawk and its food. Just like being there.

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