Big Hullabaloo This Morning

16 years ago

The mockingbirds were screeching and squawking this morning, so when I went outside to check why, this is what I saw:

The mockingbirds have fledgling babies out in the rose garden, so they were doing their best to protect them. The hawk flew off finally. It may have been hunting lizards instead of fledgling Mockingbirds, or it may have been eyeing my Koi.

Since this is the Rose Forum not the Hawk Forum, better add some roses: Secret, a fine and fragrant HT.

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caffiopeia
16 years ago
Great hawk pix (Secret, too).

I've been trying to get pix of the hawk that's been hanging out in my backyard for a couple weeks. I'm hoping he'll eat whatever is eating my roses. No luck so far.
bellarose
16 years ago
Incredibly cool. Since we live in the foothills, hawks frequently circle overhead, and once and a while we see one on the ground eating something it caught. Secret is beautiful too!
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katefisher
16 years ago
That hawk is amazing. How cool! How close did he allow you to come?

Lovely rose as well. Thanks for sharing.

Kate
missflippins
16 years ago
Great pictures of the Hawk! It looks like it was posing for you. Secret is a dream - how much more beautiful can a rose be? I just wish it bloomed more for me. Probably the climate - it's a bit stingy here, but worth waiting for a bloom or two.
ingrid_vc so. CA zone 9
16 years ago
Those are incredibly awesome pictures, and how fortunate you were to see that. We have roadrunners on the deck and quail, squirrels, bunnies and coyotes on the hillside, but this is in a class by itself. Thanks for sharing that experience with everyone. I have to say, he looks a bit as though he's wearing bloomers!

Ingrid
jean_ar
16 years ago
wow, what great pictures of the Hawk.Always wanted to see one up close,I have only seen them from a distance and couldn't see the colors.The photo of Secret is amazingly beautiful.Thats just the best picture I have ever seen of this rose.

Jean
seil zone 6b MI
16 years ago
Wonderful pictures, hoovb.
cajunrosegal
16 years ago
Wow you took some amazing pix of that hawk...where were you lying in the roses masquerading as a bloom? You must have been right under his nose....er beak..great camera...
Secret is beautiful...does she smell as good as she looks???
Ang
bethnorcal9
16 years ago
Oh how cool! What wonderful shots! He's beautiful! Not good for the mockingbirds tho! At least he didn't get them. And those are some gorgeous pics of SECRET!! How come mine never looks like that?
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Original Author
16 years ago
I got within about 12 feet, and zoomed in with the camera as much as I could. It kind of kept an eye on me, but was so intent on hunting it didn't mind much. I think it is a Cooper's Hawk: they have those little "pants" on their upper legs.

My Secret is a huge bloom machine. I just happened to get a really good copy, I think. It's got a nice rose fragrance, too.
pacnwgrdngirl
16 years ago
Cool pics hoovb!

I love seeing wildlife (NOT DEER!) in the garden. We have some Bald Eagles nesting way up high in a Sitka tree close by. When I work out in the garden I always see them circling in the tree-tops. Too high, can't get a picture. I just learned that they aren't endangered anymore.

Secret is really pretty too.
canadian_rose
16 years ago
It's really WOW to see such a close up of "your" hawk!! My eyes are poor, so I never get such an opportunity - thanks!!

Secret is to die for!! Didn't make it in my climate, so seeing yours is fantastic!!

Carol
michaelalreadytaken
16 years ago
Those are some lovely shots. Thanks!

MichaelAT
bettym_grow
16 years ago
Amazing hawk photos! Such a beauty! He/she looks like he's wearing a pair of fancy spotted pants, look at his legs! Too cute and funny.

Betty
blondana
16 years ago
How do I load large photos like this?
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Original Author
16 years ago
blondana, one common method is to upload your photos onto a photo storage and sharing site such as Photobucket (there are many out there--I just happen to use Photobucket), and then just copy the url into your posting here. On photobucket, the code to copy is right below the picture--you just copy and paste the html code and the picture appears in your posting.
nickelsmumz8
16 years ago
What a handsome hawk. How long was he from tail-tip to beak? The other option is a Sharp-Shinned Hawk. They are smaller than Coop's.
elgrillo
16 years ago
Secret is delightful! Beautiful bird, too.

A cardinal was killed in our backyard in early June, probably by the barn owl that frequents the area. Just made us sick. Wish he'd get the rabbits.

We have had some kites in the neighborhood the past few weeks, and other birds have been careful around our feeders. Even the squirrels have laid low. Mockingbirds nest in our photinias every year. The jays and mockingbirds warn the neighborhood when hawks are circling.

Gary
sammy zone 7 Tulsa
16 years ago
I don't see how you got the hawk to hold still. Those are great fotos.

My neighbor saw our hawk grab a rabbit and kill it. Last Oct. when we got a new puppy, we went outside with it everytime it went out for quite a few months.

Secret is very sweet and delicate. I wonder if it is related to Nicole in some way.

Thanks for sharing.

Sammy
patricianat
16 years ago
Your Secret is gorgeous and the Hawk is amazing. I have often been afraid to leave my cats outside because I know a hawk could easily carry them away, but they are beautiful. I just want to keep the kitties here.
twohuskies
16 years ago
OMG what a beautiful hawk!! Either you have a good lens on your camera or you were very close! Awesome pictures!! Secret is such a pretty bi-color. I love those pink edges.
nickelsmumz8
16 years ago
Patricia, it is very unusual for any hawk to take a cat. Unless your cats are abnormally tiny, under 4-5 lbs., they are just not worth the effort for a hawk.

The hawk pictured is WAY too small to capture a cat.
Zyperiris
16 years ago
What a beautiful bird. Great roses too.
msmisk
16 years ago
Fabulous hawk photos, and love your Secret.

Carol
char_rose
16 years ago
Secret is my favorite rose--however, mine never had quite that vivid ring of pink. Absolutely lovely. OMG that hawk is handsome. I never had one in my garden just posing like that. Great pictures!
judith5bmontreal
16 years ago
Wow, Hoovb, those are amazing shots of the hawk, they are such beautiful birds. Glad he didn't end up grabbing the mockingbird babies though! And your Secret rose is also just gorgeous. Very nice photos!
Judith
jerome
16 years ago
Looks like a Cooper's to me...but I wouldn't argue it. Your Secret is gorgeous.

Jerome

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