Hey Dave- I grew up in Oakhurst and actually went to kindergarten at the Methodist Church. I was up and down Monmouth Rd. at least 6 times today and once I actually glanced up at the steeple remembering the day the put it up!! Very spooky!!! I always am amazed at the amount of birds in our area also. I now am in Shark River Hills (which kind of reminds me of Oakhurst) and I have quite the bird sanctuary in my backyard. I unfortunately do not have an awesome camera, as you do. I love raptors. I'm always driving on Rt. 18 looking at them soaring above-I have a convertible. I know...doesn't sound too safe!! There are many hawks in the area of Deal Rd.- just west of Logan. I guess with Palaia Park (Deal Test Site to me), there is plenty of room to nest. Keep posting those pics and hopefully you have some good painkillers for that tooth!!

The young are yelling for their food. The adults still tend the young for a while after they are out of the nest. Be glad you have hawks they are efficent at keeping varmin, rabbits, chipmunks and squirrels in balance. The yelling will soon end when the young can fend for themselves.

If the hawk is hungry enough or a scavenger doesn't get it first, they all seem to balance nature out. It's not a "stupid" hawk it's simply doing what it's programed to do.

Hi Donna, it's beautiful! Great picture and I'm sure everyone on here will love it. I've been over here quite a bit. Believe it or not, raptors are what first got me interested in birding altogether. (5+ yrs ago) I'm a member and volunteer of Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, which is in Kempton, PA and every year at this time I trek up there on the weekends to watch the migrating raptors and songbirds. This past Saturday I saw 17 bald eagles up there!