Not the greatest shot, but put on as perspective to size. The hawks have arrived as they follow the blue jays in early fall. What a racket it is here! People think we live in the "quiet countryside"..ha.ha.ha. We have krestels hunting the jays as well, as I always know when they are here due to the screaming jays. I swear they play "cat and mouse" or "bird and hawk" with them.
This is a very photogenic merlin who is just biding his time, it seems, waiting for a careless jay.
I took these pictures from the bedroom window, and he obviously saw me there a number of times. It didn't seem to bother him at all, I wish the kestrel would slow down a little as he just zooms through and so far, too fast to get a picture.
Not the greatest shot, but put on as perspective to size. The hawks have arrived as they follow the blue jays in early fall. What a racket it is here! People think we live in the "quiet countryside"..ha.ha.ha. We have krestels hunting the jays as well, as I always know when they are here due to the screaming jays. I swear they play "cat and mouse" or "bird and hawk" with them.
This is a very photogenic merlin who is just biding his time, it seems, waiting for a careless jay.
I took these pictures from the bedroom window, and he obviously saw me there a number of times. It didn't seem to bother him at all, I wish the kestrel would slow down a little as he just zooms through and so far, too fast to get a picture.
