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"jmcquown" > wrote:

> "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.
> >
> > 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

I have some redbirds that nest in my grape vines. :-) I love them too!
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