June 19: Up

finally looking up 

waxing half moon

soaring hawk

August 15: Deceit

We don't think of Blue Jays as mimics, but they can imitate other birds, especially hawks, surprisingly well. The ones in our yard pretend they are Broad-winged Hawks, Ospreys, and Red-shouldered Hawks on a regular basis. You have to pause and listen carefully to be sure about what you're hearing.

 

Fog hides the mountain.

Unseen hawk's piercing call

or is it a blue jay?

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March 8: Migration

Restless hawks

making their way northward

as we drive south.

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March 12: Panic

From the bar we watch

flocks of ducks scattering,

then the hawk.

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January 10: Cooper's Hawk, Main St., Rockland

Graceful spray of birds--

hawk chases a pigeon flock

over downtown roofs.

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