We just had a sharp-shinned hawk join us for dinner. He struck (prey unidentifiable in seconds) right in front of our deck windows and spent about 40 min on the ground disassembling and eating his catch. His eating style was very animated. Truly a remarkable sight. I saw a sharpie (likely the same bird) hunting from a tree right next to the deck last year. This puts him in a perfect place to strafe our feeders-sort of like Wegmans for bird hawks.
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