you'd ever expect to see chasing and eating
grasshoppers?

this morning i was doing the usual and looked
out the window to see a harrier (hawk, otherwise
known as marsh hawk) sitting near one of the
bird baths. it must be a juvenile, as most of
the day it wandered around the yard and chased
grasshoppers and whatever else it could catch.
much entertainment, some pictures and perhaps
a movie, but i don't know how well any of them
turned out yet. it never flew very far, but
when it did it appeared that all the feathers
and wings were functioning ok, but my guess is
that it was recently pushed out of the nest
and is now learning to fend for itself.

and here it was a while ago i was wondering
what would come and eat all those huge grass-
hoppers. i'm hoping he/she will become a regular
to chase after the chipmunks and mice. that
would be grand.


songbird