Wordless Wednesday: A Backyard Predator

John:  We actually do have a full grown male cat that spends most of his time outside.   He's too big for the hawk to mess with.  Meanwhile, we adopted his three offspring when they landed on our porch, the white kitten having been wounded.  We think it was one of these birds that got her.  The kittens are going on three years old and are all doing well.

Sharon:  I've had a large black feather in my yard.  Maybe it's one of theirs, though I am inclined to believe it's a goose feather.

Kathy:  Saw these this morning while looking out the kitchen window.  Of course, the pics are taken with a telephoto lens.

Mike:  I wouldn't be hanging around if I weighed less than a couple pounds.  Amazingly, there were two small birds that were taunting this big guy.  They were squaking and dive bombing his head.

John:  Sad to see it though.  I cringed when I saw this one eyeballing a squirrel.  Once saw one of these hawks fly past my office window holding a frog. 

Lori:  I can't take a decent picture of a bird.  These are courtesy of my husband.

Lisa: We've seen owls too, though this is a Red Shouldered Hawk.

Tony & Darcy:  I'll pass that along to my husband.

Jackie:  And for all we know, it's a gal.

Cindy:  I've heard stories of small cats being taken.  To this day, when our white cat (pictured above in a prior comment) sees one of these big birds she goes into a near panic at the window.  I am convinced that's what wounded her before we took her and her siblings in.  She's lucky she's alive.

Michelle:  I never saw a hawk before moving to Bristow, VA.  It's still the suburbs, but we get to see a bit more wildlife than I was used to in Fairfax County.

That's what I would've called it.