Hawk!

While working in the dinning room this snowy day I saw a large shadow pass over the bird feeder on the deck. I looked out and saw this amazing raptor sitting on the cedar trees about 6 feet from the dining room window, and about 8 feet away from our bird feeder.

It was about 12" tall and it looked really well fed.



Here is a close-up of it's head. It was looking right at me!



According our National Audubon Society Field Guide , this was a "Sharp-shinned Hawk", commonly known as a "Sharpie". What an amazing bird!

It stayed about 15 minutes in our backyard and moved on after not finding any birds to have for lunch.

Tom