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April 25th 05, 05:01 PM
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Hawk went fishing in my pond yesterday
Glanced out the window yesterday just as a red-tailed hawk landed on
my back fence. It looked around a bit, very interested in the pond, then suddenly it swooped down and hit the water with it's talons, apparently missed what it was aiming for, as it's talons were empty as it overshot and landed on one of the boulders at the water's edge. Knowing that boulder rather intimately, I used it as a guage to guesstimate the hawk at about 24 inches high. After staying there for a couple of minutes, it flew away. Don't know if it was after one of the fish, or one of the 2 bullfrogs I have right now, but something got lucky! Mike Mike Patterson Please remove the spamtrap to email me. "I always wanted to be somebody...I should have been more specific..." - Lily Tomlin -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service -------http://www.NewsDemon.com------ Unlimited Access, Anonymous Accounts, Uncensored Broadband Access 
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April 25th 05, 05:21 PM
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Isn't it wonderful to be able to watch an event like this and not have to
mourn the loss of a fish! I once had a hawk bathe in my pond - I watched in awe! Usually they take birds from the nearby feeders :-(. -- Bonnie NJ "Mike Patterson" wrote in message ... Glanced out the window yesterday just as a red-tailed hawk landed on my back fence. It looked around a bit, very interested in the pond, then suddenly it swooped down and hit the water with it's talons, apparently missed what it was aiming for, as it's talons were empty as it overshot and landed on one of the boulders at the water's edge. Knowing that boulder rather intimately, I used it as a guage to guesstimate the hawk at about 24 inches high. After staying there for a couple of minutes, it flew away. Don't know if it was after one of the fish, or one of the 2 bullfrogs I have right now, but something got lucky! Mike Mike Patterson Please remove the spamtrap to email me. "I always wanted to be somebody...I should have been more specific..." - Lily Tomlin -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service -------http://www.NewsDemon.com------ Unlimited Access, Anonymous Accounts, Uncensored Broadband Access
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April 25th 05, 05:21 PM
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Wow!
Neat that you got to see that and didn't have anybody put on the menu ;-) kathy www.blogfromthebog.com
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April 25th 05, 06:00 PM
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Mike Patterson wrote:
Glanced out the window yesterday just as a red-tailed hawk landed on my back fence. It looked around a bit, very interested in the pond, then suddenly it swooped down and hit the water with it's talons, apparently missed what it was aiming for, as it's talons were empty as it overshot and landed on one of the boulders at the water's edge. Knowing that boulder rather intimately, I used it as a guage to guesstimate the hawk at about 24 inches high. After staying there for a couple of minutes, it flew away. Don't know if it was after one of the fish, or one of the 2 bullfrogs I have right now, but something got lucky! More likely the frog, but they occasonally have a try for fish. They're not good at fishing, fortunately - an Osprey wouldn't have missed! -- derek
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April 25th 05, 09:43 PM
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Mike,
That sounds cool to see. I have a bunch of grown feeder goldfish in my little pond and would gladly sacrifice a few to see a hawk swoop down into the water. It won't happen though since my pond is in the front entry way. James
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April 26th 05, 01:23 AM
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We have a Copper's Hawk that hunts our back yard. You normally think of
hawks as serious creature, however it seems like this hawk enjoys buzzing the squirrels just to see them run for cover. I was watching one day when he did this, and he did not even try to snag the squirrel as he glided down to about a foot of the squirrel. Another time he buzzed the squirrels then landed in a tree several yards away. He waited until the squirrels calmed down and then did it again, never extending his talons to catch the squirrel. Mike Patterson wrote: Glanced out the window yesterday just as a red-tailed hawk landed on my back fence. It looked around a bit, very interested in the pond, then suddenly it swooped down and hit the water with it's talons, apparently missed what it was aiming for, as it's talons were empty as it overshot and landed on one of the boulders at the water's edge. Knowing that boulder rather intimately, I used it as a guage to guesstimate the hawk at about 24 inches high. After staying there for a couple of minutes, it flew away. Don't know if it was after one of the fish, or one of the 2 bullfrogs I have right now, but something got lucky! Mike Mike Patterson Please remove the spamtrap to email me. "I always wanted to be somebody...I should have been more specific..." - Lily Tomlin -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service -------http://www.NewsDemon.com------ Unlimited Access, Anonymous Accounts, Uncensored Broadband Access
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April 26th 05, 07:32 AM
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We have a red tailed hawk that sits around the yard. It does go for
birds but has never gone for the fish...that we have seen. Fun to watch. Phyllis Mike Patterson wrote: Glanced out the window yesterday just as a red-tailed hawk landed on my back fence. It looked around a bit, very interested in the pond, then suddenly it swooped down and hit the water with it's talons, apparently missed what it was aiming for, as it's talons were empty as it overshot and landed on one of the boulders at the water's edge. Knowing that boulder rather intimately, I used it as a guage to guesstimate the hawk at about 24 inches high. After staying there for a couple of minutes, it flew away. Don't know if it was after one of the fish, or one of the 2 bullfrogs I have right now, but something got lucky! Mike Mike Patterson Please remove the spamtrap to email me. "I always wanted to be somebody...I should have been more specific..." - Lily Tomlin -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service -------http://www.NewsDemon.com------ Unlimited Access, Anonymous Accounts, Uncensored Broadband Access
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April 27th 05, 04:40 AM
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You're pretty observant. I don't think I would have noticed the
position of the feet.
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#9
April 27th 05, 05:27 AM
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On 26 Apr 2005 20:40:57 -0700, "Ann in Houston"
wrote: You're pretty observant. I don't think I would have noticed the position of the feet. Well, I was pretty interested in seeing which of my critters was about to become sushi! After it landed on the boulder it moved around there a couple of minutes, obviously had nothing in "hand", so to speak. Mike Patterson Please remove the spamtrap to email me. "I always wanted to be somebody...I should have been more specific..." - Lily Tomlin -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service -------http://www.NewsDemon.com------ Unlimited Access, Anonymous Accounts, Uncensored Broadband Access
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