navy2kcoupe
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I was sitting in the kitchen this afternoon when I heard a loud "BANG". Dotty said
what the hell was that?, and I went to the front window to look. I saw a small
hawk hanging upside down from one of the bushes. Emily (one of our cats) was
on the window sill and the hawk must have thought that she would make a good
lunch or something, and flew into the window. I picked the hawk off of the bush with
a towel, wrapping the towel around the bird so that I wouldn't get bit or scratched
(darn thing had some VERY LARGE talons) and brought it inside and put it in one
of the cat carriers while we figured out what to do with it. We finally got a bird
specialist from the Trailside Museum on the phone and she told us that "usually"
when a hawk hits a window, their brain swells up and they look like they have a
broken wing because one or both wings will be droopy and not folded up correctly.
She told us to take the bird out back and open the door to the carrier and the bird
would leave if it could. I put the carrier inside a trash barrel to keep the rain off of it
and opened the door. The door wouldn't stay open, so I tied it open with a piece of
twine. Less than 5 minutes later it took off like a "big assed bird" flew up over the
shed and disappeared. The "bird lady" said that the hawks don't like to fly at night,
and that was the reason for taking the bird outside quickly. The pictures aren't all
that great because Dotty didn't want me to upset the poor hawk. Anyway...........
it was a good ending, even if the hawk has a huge headache.
We think it's either a Cooper's Hawk, or a Sharp Shinned Hawk, and are waiting
on verification from the Massachusetts Audubon Society. I'll post up what it
is when (or if) I find out.
Andy :wavey:
what the hell was that?, and I went to the front window to look. I saw a small
hawk hanging upside down from one of the bushes. Emily (one of our cats) was
on the window sill and the hawk must have thought that she would make a good
lunch or something, and flew into the window. I picked the hawk off of the bush with
a towel, wrapping the towel around the bird so that I wouldn't get bit or scratched
(darn thing had some VERY LARGE talons) and brought it inside and put it in one
of the cat carriers while we figured out what to do with it. We finally got a bird
specialist from the Trailside Museum on the phone and she told us that "usually"
when a hawk hits a window, their brain swells up and they look like they have a
broken wing because one or both wings will be droopy and not folded up correctly.
She told us to take the bird out back and open the door to the carrier and the bird
would leave if it could. I put the carrier inside a trash barrel to keep the rain off of it
and opened the door. The door wouldn't stay open, so I tied it open with a piece of
twine. Less than 5 minutes later it took off like a "big assed bird" flew up over the
shed and disappeared. The "bird lady" said that the hawks don't like to fly at night,
and that was the reason for taking the bird outside quickly. The pictures aren't all
that great because Dotty didn't want me to upset the poor hawk. Anyway...........
it was a good ending, even if the hawk has a huge headache.
We think it's either a Cooper's Hawk, or a Sharp Shinned Hawk, and are waiting
on verification from the Massachusetts Audubon Society. I'll post up what it
is when (or if) I find out.
Andy :wavey:
:thumbsup:
I would be climbing that tree not saying what you doing there!!
