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New Birds in the Neighborhood
At least for now
A few days ago I posted an article about a hawk sighting that I had (Encounter With a Hawk). It was about a hawk that I saw sitting on the power lines outside my office window. Being a bird freak, any out-of-the-ordinary bird sighting is a huge thrill for me. I thought it was an out-of-the-ordinary bird sighting but it has turned out to be something very different.
At first, I thought that it was a goshawk but with subsequent research I have determined that it was either a Cooper’s Hawk or a Sharp-shinned Hawk (two hawk species that are very difficult to differentiate). Both of these species live in my area at this time of year and they both make themselves at home in urban areas or quasi urban areas as is the case for where I live.
I thought it was just a chance encounter but this hawk (and its mate) seem to have moved into the neighborhood. And they seem to live in the alleyway behind my apartment building.
The day after my initial hawk sighting I went for my usual mid-afternoon walk around the neighborhood. I was walking down the alleyway behind my apartment building when I heard an unusual bird call. I looked up at the power lines that followed the alleyway and I saw the same hawk that I saw the day before. (Of course I had no way of knowing if it was the same hawk but it looked…
