Photographer Cheryl Rose recorded this sequence of photos at Mass Audubon’s Waseeka Wildlife Sanctuary. Six blue jays looked tasty to this Sharp-shinned hawk who did aerial acrobatics to try to catch one. This time the jays escaped.
Sharp-shinned hawks are the smallest accipter in the neighborhood. They are about the size of the blue jays. Their bigger cousin, Cooper’s hawk is crow-sized, and, very rarely, their much larger relative, Goshawk, can be seen.