We first saw it today, flying in to the front feeder area and it dove into the yew bush! Now granted, this is a HUGE yew bush and definitely needs some trimming, but still, yew bushes are dense. We could see into the bush (right under our window) and it was moving around in there. We couldn't see whether or not it had lunch, but we don't think so. Pretty soon it flew out of the bush into another one. 15-20 birds scattered out from that bush!!! We leave the yews as they are just because they do provide great shelter for the birds in the winter, unless of course, a Cooper's decides to move in, too!
About an hour later, we saw it on Suzanne & Michael's garden cart handle (pix above). It sat there long enough for me to go get my camera (which of course, is always upstairs if I need it downstairs or, like today, downstairs if I need it upstairs!). It flew off to a tree and then as I sat down to do the blog, it went zooming past the kitchen window!
This bird is so much smaller than the juvenile we saw the other day; both Linda and I are thinking that it really is possible that the juvenile is a northern goshawk. This one is a lot smaller and more slender. Hopefully, we'll see that juvenile back again some time! It has been here twice already.
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