Sharp Shinned Hawks are common around here. They take a bunch of Doves from around the feeders in the neighborhood. I do not see them making their kills but often find them on the trail in the woods behind my house eating Doves. They seem to almost exclusively eat Doves. They usually leave just the feathers in a perfect round circular pattern where they eat them. The bigger hawks are also common in the neighborhoood and they eat the squirrels. I have seen them make several kills. Last year one of them killed a squirrel in the front yard and sat on top of the mailbox with it. Another squirrel made a run from one tree to another and the hawk killed it and left the dead one on the mailbox. I also see lots of Ospreys and the occasional Bald Eagle in the area. The Eagles take fish from the Ospreys.





>>NOT a peregrine. Sorry. Peregrines are NOT that color and they are MUCH bigger.

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>>It's a sharp-shinned hawk.

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>>They hunt small birds with excellence and adore backyard bird feeders as it's like a McDonald's drive through window to them. They are VERY good at taking down birds as large as mourning doves. Because of the high speeds they fly and fighter-jet type turns they make, they are prone to hitting windows and such because they don't always see them being too focused on their prey and fail at crash control measures.

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