SubscribeJanuary: Feed the birds . . .
Friday, January 23rd, 2009
Hawk at feeder
Okay, so we were planning on attracting seed-eating birds, not bird-eating birds when we put up this feeder. But if you build it, they will come. Sharp-shinned hawks and Cooper’s hawks visit our feeder in order to hunt the smaller birds that visit our feeder. These two types of hawks can overlap in size. But the generally bigger ones are Cooper’s hawks. The smaller ones are sharp-shinned hawks. This one appears to be a Cooper’s. The hawks are beautiful to watch. But I am always hoping they will not eat my favorite songbirds!
April Pulley Sayre is a photo-illustrator and award-winning author of over 65 books including Bloom Boom, Warbler Wave, Full of Fall, and Thank You, Earth. Her read aloud picture books, known for their lyricism, playful voice, and scientific precision, have been translated into Korean, French, Dutch, Japanese, Chinese, and Arabic. Sayre’s ten photo-illustrated books include the classic Rah, Rah, Radishes and Raindrops Roll, which was both an ALA Notable and a NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book. Best in Snow received four starred reviews and was on many 2016 best book lists. 
