Date: 6/20/26 10:26 am From: 'Pete Sole' via mbbirds <mbbirds...> Subject: [MBBIRDS] Hey kid, get off my lawn!!! (photos)
Hi birders,
This morning we had a, ahem, /interaction/, between one of the recently
fledged juvenile Red-tailed Hawks and the local Acorn Woodpeckers. A
photo sequence that sort of tells the story (large photos):
A bit of background. The Acorn Woodpeckers have been living in that tree
stump for years. Recently, the juvi RT Hawk has decided that it makes a
good perch to beg from. Clearly, there is a difference of opinion about
that! Hence the Acorn Woodpeckers have been /incentivizing/ the RT juvi
hawk to, ah, move along.
On a vaguely related note, ebird list of seen or heard birds this morning: