Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug, You are very lucky to have found such a laid back hawk. My wife and I were abroad for a year on a visiting professorship. When we returned home we found that a large wood hawk had taken up residence in a tree near our front door. The hawk was determined to protect its territory and its young hawklings. Every time my wife left the house the hawk would dive bomb her. Once it even tore a cap from her head, clutching it in its talons. She could feel the downdraft from its three foot wingspan. She took to carrying a broom over her head going from the house to the car. I tried to take pictures but it was too hard to focus my Leica on a target diving toward me at 30 mph. My wife's screaming didn't help my concentration much either. Eventually the young left the nest and the hawk family moved on. They returned the next year but established the nest a couple of hundred yards further into the woods. A wary truce reigns to this day. I'll leave the great hawk pictures to you. Flowers are much safer. Larry Z On Jun 8, 2006, at 1:13 PM, Doug wrote: >> This year the male barely even looks up when I arrive in the area - >> maybe a half-hearted fly-by a few yards away, then he thinks no more >> of the bearded dude with the clicking machine on a stick.