"Cheryl" > wrote in message
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> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
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>> Red-tailed hawks are abundant and they're huge birds... one landed out
>> back and just sat there. I said, Mom, look! There's a hawk! It was
>> just sitting there. Resting, I guess, after a hard day of trying to find
>> mice and squirrels to eat. It a large bird. When it did take off the
>> wingspan was fantastic. And the talons on it, eeek! Hawks are a good
>> reason to keep cats indoors.
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> We get those up here in MD too. They can grab a bird in mid-air when
> hunting. I once saw one grab a male cardinal but the hawk must have had
> his vision obstructed because they both hit the side of the house. After
> the impact the hawk lost hold of the cardinal, and the cardinal flew off.

YAY for the cardinal getting away! I love cardinals. Had some nesting in
the tree outside the kitchen window last May. The neighbors cats kept
trying to get at them. I'd run out and shoo them away. I think they
finally fledged.

Jill