[obol] Bold Sharpie

[Norgren Family]

      I have always thought of this as
the most fearless of birds. But Brandon
mentions the age. How often are these
"bold" sharpies Old? I suspect the
actuarials are reminiscent of teen-age
drivers.  Lars Norgren
On Nov 17, 2007, at 3:27 PM, Dennis P. Vroman wrote:

> There has been a really small juvenile Sharp-shin (likely male, not  
> much larger than a Robin) at our place too.  This morning it landed on  
> a large rock I just placed out for birds, etc to get up on.  ...so, a  
> few yard of me stands the Sharp-shin on top of my rock placement  
> scouting for breakfast.
>  
> Dennis (north of Grants Pass)
>>
>> This morning, a juvenile SHARP-SHINNED HAWK descended on a flock of  
>> ~10 AMERICAN GOLDFINCHES eating at one of my tube feeders.  I  
>> happened to be standing right in front of my livingroom window when  
>> the hawk landed on a tree branch literally about 2-3 feet in front of  
>> me.  After about five seconds, it few up into a pine tree and hung  
>> out there about 15' off of the ground for almost an hour (and didn't  
>> flinch when the FedEx guy walked right under him).  A couple hours  
>> later, I heard a bird smack into my other livingroom window and saw a  
>> Sharpie (presumably the same one) trying to flush a Goldfinch out of  
>> the Rhododendron bush.  This one couldn't have been more than two  
>> feet from the window.
>>
>> I've seen Sharpies hunt Goldfinches in my yard before, but they've  
>> never gotten this close to the house.  I didn't realize that they  
>> were so bold... or maybe this one is just really hungry.  Either way,  
>> it was a fascinating sight.
>>
>> Brandon
>> Eugene
>>
>>
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