All that I see on local bike trips: birds this yr.

[shootingstar]

https://cyclewriteblog.wordpress.com/2020/09/04/becoming-bird-alert/  More bird images

[Ralphie ★]

That is some very cool schitt, shooter! 

[Further]

This guy visits my feeder occasionally, a flock of sparrows had taken up residence in the bush in front of my porch, he swooped in and dove into the bush, at least 40 sparrows erupted out the top, a few feathers drifted out the bottom....

[Ralphie ★]

He looks as guilty as a dog.

Man, those eyes!

 

[shootingstar]

23 minutes ago, Further said:

This guy visits my feeder occasionally, a flock of sparrows had taken up residence in the bush in front of my porch, he swooped in and dove into the bush, at least 40 sparrows erupted out the top, a few feathers drifted out the bottom....

Fantastic shot.  What type of hawk?

[Further]

8 minutes ago, shootingstar said:

Fantastic shot.  What type of hawk?

sparrow eater ?   I don't know.

The story of that shot is pretty cool, I was taking pics of the songbirds at the feeder, looking through the camera and the little birds all scattered. Then there was a brown blur, and he landed on the porch railing. I actually saw him through the lens rather than spotting him and then grabbing the camera.  About 8 feet from me, on the other side of a window.

I looked him up, Coopers Hawk, I think