This rather large and majestic hawk was flying around quite a bit yesterday. I was on a phone call when he came in and landed on my front lawn. I managed to change my lens and grab this shot while still talking on the phone! It wasn't until I uploaded the photo (had to be cropped in quite bit) when I saw what he had come down for - an egg. We have over 20 pekin ducks (mostly all from last season) and there are a lot of amorous goings on at the moment, hence a lot of eggs - which we are trying to take away from them as we don't want another huge influx of duckings!!
Wow - that’s amazing that it was brave enough to land on the lawn. Does it ever attack the ducks? We have lost a few chickens over the years ( out of a large fenced run)
@dide I was amazed that they didn't get any of the ducks last year when they were ducklings. I think the mothers must have been very vigilant. A pair of wild ducks had 5 ducklings, but all of those disappeared one by one. They don't seem to go after the adult ducks at all, but they do come in for the white pigeons. We haven't had any chook chickens, and the hens haven't been taken. We often have the hawks fly around, but as soon as you head out the door they are gone - such canny birds.
Hi Delwyn, we are paired for Get Pushed #631. Having just experienced the windiest day in my memory, I thought I would challenge you to depict wind, in whatever way you choose. if that is not OK, let me know and I'll think of something else.
