Seeing the pictures R2 posted of the hawk made me think about the small hawk that keep me company yesterday evening while cutting hay. I don’t know what kind of hawk it is but it was small with a gray head. The gray got just a little darker further back in the bird. I wanted to call it a chicken hawk but I am not sure.
This bird flew over the tractor most of the afternoon and dove down trying to catch some large flying grasshoppers that I disturbed. I have had red tail hawks hunt for rats before but never this close to the tractor. This hawk hovered into the wind about 15 feet over the tractor when I was headed into the wind but when I was cutting down wend he had to sort of circle around. I had a good time watching him. There weren’t many grasshoppers so I only saw him catch two or three, which he ate while flying and hunting for another. He had many misses.
This bird flew over the tractor most of the afternoon and dove down trying to catch some large flying grasshoppers that I disturbed. I have had red tail hawks hunt for rats before but never this close to the tractor. This hawk hovered into the wind about 15 feet over the tractor when I was headed into the wind but when I was cutting down wend he had to sort of circle around. I had a good time watching him. There weren’t many grasshoppers so I only saw him catch two or three, which he ate while flying and hunting for another. He had many misses.