Ohhhh looky what this is!!!

[Hawk]

Guess who visited the area?

 

[strudel]

whoooooooooooo is it?

 

[sonja]

Lucky you to see him!

 

[Kiwibird]

What a handsome guy! You got lucky to spot him

 

[4dugnlee]

Wow...beautiful!!!

 

[COOPER]

That is a magnificent bird. Thanks for sharing that.

 

[Sunset_Chaser]

What a beautiful owl! Is that a snowy?

 

[Hawk]

What a beautiful owl! Is that a snowy?

Yes it is a Snowy Owl....Rare in these parts of the woods...I just had to get a photo.

 

[Turk]

Awesome bird!

 

[Hawk]

What a handsome guy! You got lucky to spot him

Yeah Thanks....I heard my Zons squawking up a storm on their perch by the window and going all crazy....My wife was like " what in the world set them all off.....looked out the window and on the Pole sat the snowy owl....I thought Ohh my God....that's a snowy Owl...around here???
Must have been migrating and had a stop by here.....

 

[OOwl]

You are so very fortunate to see that bird with your own eyes. He's stunning.

 

[Hawk]

You are so very fortunate to see that bird with your own eyes. He's stunning.

Isn't he??? Wish I could have gotten closer to take the picture....However I have another owl picture to share that I took inside my pole barn.

I went in the side door and was getting ready to open the main overhead door when something flew by my head and landed on the rafters....

I looked up and there this screech owl sat just a few feet from me. I got the camera and took several pictures then opened the overhead door to allow him/her to freely fly off.

Not sure how it got in there, must have flown in and I not aware of it and shut him in the pole-barn for the night....Very cute bird as well.

 

[Allee]

Wow! No fair! That's two gorgeous visitors and you got great photos of both! Thanks for sharing your good fortune! Stunning snowy owl!

 

[Minimaker]

At least he didn't run into your windows. I have two large windows that sometimes get the poor birds outside. A few weeks ago I heard a loud thud on the window and looked outside. A medium sized hawk was laying on the ground flapping around and right beside him sat this stunned little robin he had been trying to catch. Apparently they both hit my window. I put on my coat and opened the door to go see if they would be alright and as soon as I stepped out they both hopped up and flew off in different directions. That must have been the Robin's luckiest day. If it weren't for my big windows he would have been breakfast.

 

[RavensGryf]

Beautiful! I'd never see one of those here!

 

[IRNMom]

How beautiful! Like others have said, lucky to have gotten a picture!

 

[Hawk]

At least he didn't run into your windows. I have two large windows that sometimes get the poor birds outside. A few weeks ago I heard a loud thud on the window and looked outside. A medium sized hawk was laying on the ground flapping around and right beside him sat this stunned little robin he had been trying to catch. Apparently they both hit my window. I put on my coat and opened the door to go see if they would be alright and as soon as I stepped out they both hopped up and flew off in different directions. That must have been the Robin's luckiest day. If it weren't for my big windows he would have been breakfast.

Actually had that happen last summer......We have outdoor window perch bird feeders and humming bird feeders on outside windows so we can watch the wild birds up close.

My wife and were watching a lovely red-headed woodpecker (about the size of a quaker ) when all of the sudden it crouched down then BOOOMMM
a hawk slammed into it and slamming the woodpecker into window. All we seen was a puff of feathers it happened so fast.

Hawk was fine.....no so for the wood pecker though. But that's nature...can't interfere with nature. We thought about moving the window perches,
which we did, away rom house, but still the hawks will snatch the birds of the feeders or follow them into a bush.... Hawks are very swift.
I 'll never forget when my daughter was 6 she wanted a kitty, and we got her this grey fluffy tiger kitty....the cat was no more than 20 feet from us
and a huge Hawk snatched it up right in front of us and off it went.....the look on my daughters face...and mine as well....we were speechless.
So I tell people don't let your guard down if your outside with your parrots, especially African greys, they resemble a pigeon, One of a Hawks favorite snacks!!