Blue jays and a hawk

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.

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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.

 

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