Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Not in my Backyard!

I took a look out my back door this morning, looking for my cats, and saw this fella hanging out on my fence.

Thought #1: Get the camera!
Thought#2: Get the gun! (i'm kidding!)
Thought#3: Get the cats!

Honestly, I was worried this hawk was thinking that perhaps The Darn Tootins (the collective name we've given Spatz and Zelde) would make a nice breakfast.

I suspect that maybe they're a bit on the large side for what this bird considers to be prey, but maybe he (or she) was feeling ambitious.

Any of you bird lovers (nerds) know what kind of hawk this is?

3 comments:

Lori said...

I don't know, but it's beautiful. What a nice photo.

Cheryl said...

Travis, it's a Cooper's Hawk.

Cheryl Miller

Anonymous said...

Travis, I know I'm right!