Thursday, November 11, 2010

Hawk in the garden

A hawk the size of an eagle dropped onto the garden this morning.

It might have been a Sharp-Shinned Hawk.

It missed its target, which I think was a junco.

Addendum/Correction: It could not have been a Sharp-Shinned Hawk which is a small hawk.

Maybe it was a Ferruginous Hawk, which sometimes grows so large that it is mistaken for an eagle.